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拍品專文
Demonstrating large proportions, scrolling candle arms and dynamically carved ornament, this looking glass is a fine example of a form introduced in America around 1800. The preference for classical motifs is demonstrated here with the presence of the writhing hippocampi, fabled sea beasts - half horse, half fish - found in Greek mythology.
A pair of convex mirrors of smaller size but with related ornament is in the collection of the Department of State, illustrated in Clement E. Conger and Alexandra W. Rollins, Treasures of State, Fine and Decorative Arts in the Diplomatic Reception Rooms of the U.S. Department of State (New York, 1991), pp. 242-243, cat. no. 152. For other examples with related ornament, see Israel Sack, American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection (New York), vol. I, p. 285, no. 701; and J. Michael Flanigan, American Furniture from the Kaufman Collection (New York, 1986), pp. 234-235, cat. no. 97.
A pair of convex mirrors of smaller size but with related ornament is in the collection of the Department of State, illustrated in Clement E. Conger and Alexandra W. Rollins, Treasures of State, Fine and Decorative Arts in the Diplomatic Reception Rooms of the U.S. Department of State (New York, 1991), pp. 242-243, cat. no. 152. For other examples with related ornament, see Israel Sack, American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection (New York), vol. I, p. 285, no. 701; and J. Michael Flanigan, American Furniture from the Kaufman Collection (New York, 1986), pp. 234-235, cat. no. 97.