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Gray not listed in Dictionary of English Furniture Makers; try Univ. of Edinburgh.
BY GEORGE GRAY, CIRCA 1820
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A PAIR OF SCOTTISH GEORGE IV GILTWOOD CONVEX MIRRORS
By George Gray, Circa 1820
Each convex plate within a frame with ribbon twist sight edge, inner scotia set with balls, ribbon-tied reeded upper edge, surmounted by a rocky crag and an eagle, his wings spread, flanked by berried laurel branches, the bottom set with an acanthus clasp, each bearing a paper label, the more complete inscribed FROM/George Gray,/GILDER, PICTURE FRAME MAKER,/AND/Dealer in Artists' Materials, &c.,/......TE, DURHAM
22¾in. (58cm.) high, 15¾in. (40cm.) wide (2)
By George Gray, Circa 1820
Each convex plate within a frame with ribbon twist sight edge, inner scotia set with balls, ribbon-tied reeded upper edge, surmounted by a rocky crag and an eagle, his wings spread, flanked by berried laurel branches, the bottom set with an acanthus clasp, each bearing a paper label, the more complete inscribed FROM/George Gray,/GILDER, PICTURE FRAME MAKER,/AND/Dealer in Artists' Materials, &c.,/......TE, DURHAM
22¾in. (58cm.) high, 15¾in. (40cm.) wide (2)