THE PROPERTY OF MISS ELIZABETH COLLIS (LOTS 1-72)
A GEORGE III GILTWOOD MIRROR

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A GEORGE III GILTWOOD MIRROR
The oval plate in a concave-moulded fluted and beaded frame surmounted by a demi-lune medallion with rayed ostrich feathers below a gadrooned two handled urn issuing scrolled vine-leaves, the apron with a scrolled tapering bracket and hung vines, restorations
51 in. x 25¼ in. (129.5 cm. x 64 cm.)

Lot Essay

The scrolling and twisting foliage and the unusual use of a demi-patera, is seen on some of the sketches by Gillows of London and Lancaster circa 1790 and illustrated in L. Boynton, Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, Royston, 1995, figs. 219 and 221. A related oval mirror with trailing vines was illustrated by Drury and Drury in The Antique Dealers' Fair and Exhibition Catalogue, London, 1951.

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