A FEDERAL GILTWOOD LOOKING GLASS
PROPERTY FROM A CALIFORNIA COLLECTION
A FEDERAL GILTWOOD LOOKING GLASS

AMERICAN OR ENGLISH, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A FEDERAL GILTWOOD LOOKING GLASS
AMERICAN OR ENGLISH, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Label on reverse reads This frame was imported from England by Francis Borland, an English Tory, who was killed by falling from his roof while witnessing the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. It descended to his grandson, Joseph S. Borland, who died in Somerset, Mass. May 18, 1875. Was bequeathed to Louisa Marble and purchased of her in August 1875 by A.M. Harrison, U.S. Coast survey
62 in. high, 26 in. wide
Provenance
According to label on reverse:
Francis Borland
Joseph S. Borland, grandson
Louisa Marble, by bequest
A.M. Harrison, 1875, by purchase from above
Israel Sack, Inc., New York
Sold, Sotheby's, New York, 20 January 2002, lot 1353

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