Lot Essay
A related convex mirror was sold anonymously, Sotheby's New York, 27 January 1996, lot 174.
POSSIBLY IRISH
Details
A GEORGE IV GILTWOOD CONVEX GIRANDOLE MIRROR
Possibly Irish
The convex plate within an ebonised slip with beaded and fasce-bound frame, the cresting centred by a large stylized palmette, flanked by a pair of foliate branches with later glass drip-pan and later gilt-metal nozzels, the apron with a lion-mask roundel flanked by acanthus leaf sprays, restorations and refreshments to gilding
54 in. x 39 in. 137 in. x 100.5 in.
Possibly Irish
The convex plate within an ebonised slip with beaded and fasce-bound frame, the cresting centred by a large stylized palmette, flanked by a pair of foliate branches with later glass drip-pan and later gilt-metal nozzels, the apron with a lion-mask roundel flanked by acanthus leaf sprays, restorations and refreshments to gilding
54 in. x 39 in. 137 in. x 100.5 in.