A GEORGE III GILTWOOD MIRROR

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A GEORGE III GILTWOOD MIRROR
The oval plate in a crossed-palm frame carved with flowerheads, foliage and entwined with ribbons, the cresting with an acanthus spray entwined with confronting C-scrolls, the apron with crossed branches and confronting C-scrolls, the reverse with a trade label of 'C E. CLIFFORD, PICTURE RESTORER, ...30, PICADILLY, LONDON, W. ...' and with further printed paper label for 'G. TROLLOPE & SONS', regilt, the plate probably later
45 in. x 26 in. (114 cm. x 67.5 cm.)

Provenance

Bought by Samuel Messer, Esq. from M. Harris & Sons, 13 November 1962, for 1,225.
Samuel Messer, Esq. until sold from The Samuel Messer Collection, in these Rooms, 5 December 1991, lot 50.

Lot Essay

William Chambers designed a similar mirror circa 1765 for the Eating Room in his house at 13 Berners Street, London (illustrated in J. Harris and M. Snodin, Sir William Chambers, Architect to George III, London, 1996.

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