ATTRIBUTED TO MATTHIAS LOCK, CIRCA 1750, THE FLOWERING BASKET A LATER REPLACEMENT

This elaborate scroll-framed pier-glass, embellished with paired scrolled herms, is derived from a 'sconce' pattern published by the carver Matthias Lock (d.1765) in his Six Sconces, 1744, pl. 4 (reproduced here). Other closely related mirrors include a pier glass with matching table supplied by Lock to the 2nd Earl Poulett for the Tapestry Room at Hinton House, Somerset (c.1735) now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (illustrated in D. Fitz-Gerald, Georgian Furniture, 1969, pl.40); a pair supplied to Uppark, Sussex (illustrated in Uppark: National Trust Guide Book, 1985, p. 18); one sold from the collection of Gerald Hochschild, Sotheby's London, 1 December 1978, lot 39; one sold anonymously, Sotheby's New York, 16-17 April 1993, lot 456 ($156,500); and another, the property of a Lady, sold in these Rooms, 21-22 April 1995, lot 366 ($96,000). Further examples of this form are illustrated in G. Child, World Mirrors, 1990, pls.112-114.