Lot 311
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A SWEDISH BAROQUE GILT-LEAD AND COBALT BLUE-GLASS MIRROR

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A SWEDISH BAROQUE GILT-LEAD AND COBALT BLUE-GLASS MIRROR
SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

In the manner of Gustav Precht, with later arched bevelled plate surmounted by eagle and scroll cresting, the cobalt blue border with pilaster uprights and scroll capitals-48½in. x 25in. (123cm. x 63cm.)

Lot Essay

Similar mirrors attributed to Gustav Precht are illustrated in G. Child, World Mirrors, 1990, p. 296, fig. 678 and sold in these Rooms, 7 April 1993, lot 89. A closely related mirror belonging to Garrick Stephenson will be offered in these Rooms, 29 October 1993.