SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A VENETIAN GILTWOOD MIRROR
Second quarter 18th Century
The rectangular plate within a moulded frame with trailing foliage around plain panels within pierced foliate scrolling outer borders, surmounted by a further glazed panel depicting Neptune sitting by a water and surmounted by a hatched pierced foliate cresting, the reverse twice inscribed '14' and with a Christie's sale catalogue frontis piece of 15 July 1891 taped to the reverse
66 in. x 44 in. (168 cm. x 112 cm.)

Provenance

The Rt. Hon. G.A.F. Cavendish-Bentinck, M.P., P.C. [+], sold in these Rooms, 15 July 1891, lot 984 (to S. Haynes).

Lot Essay

This mirror belongs to a type of pier glass that developed in the second quarter of the 18th Century inspired by Venetian prototypes in multiple plated frames. A mirror with the same light frame surmounted by a plate with a pastoral scene is in the E. Gioberti Collection, Milan (S. Colombo, L'Arte del Mobile in Italia, Milan, 1975, plate 226), while a further example is in the Stupinigi palace, Turin (M. Tagliapietra Rasi, 'Museo dell'Arredamento Stupinigi, La Palazzina de caccia', Catalogue, Turin, 1966, fig. 124). A related Venetian mirror was sold anonymously, Christie's New York, 15 October 1988, lot 83.

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