PROPERTY OF HAMMOND MUSEUM, Gloucester, Massachusetts
AN ITALIAN BAROQUE STYLE GILTWOOD MIRROR
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AN ITALIAN BAROQUE STYLE GILTWOOD MIRROR
CIRCA 1730
With later rectangular plate within a scrolling foliate and grape vine carved frame surmounted by a basket overflowing with grape clusters above a cartouche enclosing a fleur-de-lys flanked by a triton and a nereid, the lower angles carved with grotesques supporting vases (losses to carving)-78in. x 48½in. (198cm. x 123cm.)
CIRCA 1730
With later rectangular plate within a scrolling foliate and grape vine carved frame surmounted by a basket overflowing with grape clusters above a cartouche enclosing a fleur-de-lys flanked by a triton and a nereid, the lower angles carved with grotesques supporting vases (losses to carving)-78in. x 48½in. (198cm. x 123cm.)