Lot 198
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A REGENCY GILTWOOD AND EBONISED CONVEX TWO-LIGHT MIRROR
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A REGENCY GILTWOOD AND EBONISED CONVEX TWO-LIGHT MIRROR

BY THOMAS FENTHAM

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A REGENCY GILTWOOD AND EBONISED CONVEX TWO-LIGHT MIRROR
By Thomas Fentham
The circular plate in a reeded slip and beaded and lappeted border, with foliate and winged eagle cresting, and foliate apron, the sides each with a scroll and a scrolled candle-branch with nozzle, with printed paper label on the reverse 'THOMAS [F]ENTHAM, NO.136, STRAND. NEAR SOMERSET HOUSE, Manufacturer of Looking-Glasses, Convex and Concave Mirrors, AND ALL SORTS OF PICTURE and GLASS FRAMES. GLASS FOR EXPORTATION', the candle-branches previously fitted for electricity
59 x 35 in. (150 x 89 cm.) overall
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Lot Essay

Thomas Fentham, carver, gilder, glass grinder and picture-frame maker, occupied several addresses in the Strand between 1774 and 1825. He worked from 136 The Strand between 1794-1820. His label appears on closely related convex mirrors, also with candlebranches, illustrated in C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, pp. 28 and 204-205, figs. 344-347.

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