Lot Essay
The inscription on the back of one of the mirrors almost certainly refers to the Hon.Georgiana de la Poer Horsley-Beresford (b.1868), who married Col.Edward Brown
CIRCA 1815, POSSIBLY SCOTTISH
Details
A PAIR OF REGENCY GILTWOOD CONVEX MIRRORS
Circa 1815, possibly Scottish
Each circular plate within an entwined serpent surround, regilt, one rebacked, with a partial paper label HON. MRS. BROWN/__NINGTON HOUSE
53in. (134cm.) high, 41in. (104cm.) wide (2)
Circa 1815, possibly Scottish
Each circular plate within an entwined serpent surround, regilt, one rebacked, with a partial paper label HON. MRS. BROWN/__NINGTON HOUSE
53in. (134cm.) high, 41in. (104cm.) wide (2)
Provenance
Possibly supplied for 6th Earl of Hyndford (d.1817) for Bonnington House, near Lothian, Scotland
By descent to his son, Sir John Carmichael, Anstruther
Thence to his daughter, who married the 2nd Lord Decies in 1857 Thence to their daughter, the Hon. Georgiana de la Poer Horsley-Beresford, who married Col.Edward Brown ....(when?)
By descent to his son, Sir John Carmichael, Anstruther
Thence to his daughter, who married the 2nd Lord Decies in 1857 Thence to their daughter, the Hon. Georgiana de la Poer Horsley-Beresford, who married Col.Edward Brown ....(when?)