Lot 279
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A PAIR OF GILT-GESSO MIRRORS
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A PAIR OF GILT-GESSO MIRRORS

PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY

Details
A PAIR OF GILT-GESSO MIRRORS
Probably 18th Century
Each with a later shaped arched rectangular bevelled plate within a moulded frame decorated with strapwork acanthus scrolls and lambrequin sprays on a pounced ground, with a scrolled and waved cresting and a shaped apron, restorations to the gilding, inscribed in chalk to the reverse '209/2' twice on one mirror, and once on the other, minor variations in size
34¾ x 16¼ in. (88 x 41 cm.) (2)
Provenance
Percival D. Griffiths, F.S.A., Sandridgebury, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, sold Christie's London, 10 May 1939, lot 209 (£96.12.0) when purchased by Dr. Eric Till.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The collection formed by Percival D. Griffiths, F.S.A. under the wise counsel of R. W. Symonds is considered to be arguably the greatest collection of English Furniture formed last Century. Indeed, it was Griffiths' collection that provided the content for Symonds' seminal work English Furniture from Charles II to George II, 1929. The interiors at Sandridgebury are happily recalled in 'Sandridgebury: The Country Residence of Percival D. Griffiths', published by Symonds in Antiques, March 1931 pp. 193-196. Symonds later published 'Percival Griffiths, F.S.A.; A Memoir on a Great Collector of English Furniture', The Antique Collector, November-December 1943, pp. 163-169.

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