A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD CONVEX MIRRORS

BY JOHN HUNTER, LATE 18TH CENTURY, LATER FOLIATE CARVING AND CRESTING

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD CONVEX MIRRORS
By John Hunter, late 18th century, later foliate carving and cresting
Each circular plate with beaded molded surround, hung from a ribbon-tie issuing scrolling wheat sheaves, with leafy vine, fruit and flowerhead garlands down either side, bearing the 18th century printed paper label HUNTER,/GLASS GRINDER, CARVER, GILDER,/CABINET, & FRAME MAKER/No. 44 Piccadilly,/at the Corner of Swallow Street facing,/ST. JAMES'S CHURCH, regilt
42in. (106.5cm.) high, 26½in. (67.5cm.) wide (2)

來源

Acquired from Kentshire Galleries, Inc., New York.

拍品專文

The maker John Hunter was active at his Swallow Street address from 1779-1793. The same label is affixed to a mezzotint portrait of Sir Edward Astley published in 1771 in the collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd (label reproduced in C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, p.269, fig.502).