An early Victorian white painted and giltwood and gesso overmantel, the arched rectangular plate in a moulded frame carved with trailing flowersprays, divided by c-scroll and rockwork-carved clasps to the angles and sides, the cresting carved with acanthus foliage, flanked by confronting c-scrolls and surrounded by further scrolled acanthus foliage with harebell chains, the moulded apron centred by an acanthus scroll, 86ins (218.5cms) high, 39ins (100cms) wide

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An early Victorian white painted and giltwood and gesso overmantel, the arched rectangular plate in a moulded frame carved with trailing flowersprays, divided by c-scroll and rockwork-carved clasps to the angles and sides, the cresting carved with acanthus foliage, flanked by confronting c-scrolls and surrounded by further scrolled acanthus foliage with harebell chains, the moulded apron centred by an acanthus scroll, 86ins (218.5cms) high, 39ins (100cms) wide

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