A GEORGE III GILTWOOD TOILET MIRROR by Thomas Fentham, the oval plate in a fluted surround edged with gadrooning, on short foliate legs and spreading feet, the reverse with later hinged support, the backplate secured with strips of a Norwich newspapaer one piece dated July 9th 1831, the reverse with damaged trade label of (THO)MAS FENTHAM,/(CA)RVER,GILDER,/(PICT)URE FRAME MAKER/AND/PRINT-SELLER,/AT No.52,/...fite Old Round Cou., Strand, LONDON,/...all sorts of Picture, Print, and/....ng Glass Frames ... any Colour to/Rooms; various sorts of Green and/...Dressing Glasses, rich Girandoles, & c./...reen and Blue Venetian Window-Blinds./(Pi)ctures and Prints cleaned, lined, repaired/and secured from Dust. (F) all value given for Old Looking Glass.

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A GEORGE III GILTWOOD TOILET MIRROR by Thomas Fentham, the oval plate in a fluted surround edged with gadrooning, on short foliate legs and spreading feet, the reverse with later hinged support, the backplate secured with strips of a Norwich newspapaer one piece dated July 9th 1831, the reverse with damaged trade label of (THO)MAS FENTHAM,/(CA)RVER,GILDER,/(PICT)URE FRAME MAKER/AND/PRINT-SELLER,/AT No.52,/...fite Old Round Cou., Strand, LONDON,/...all sorts of Picture, Print, and/....ng Glass Frames ... any Colour to/Rooms; various sorts of Green and/...Dressing Glasses, rich Girandoles, & c./...reen and Blue Venetian Window-Blinds./(Pi)ctures and Prints cleaned, lined, repaired/and secured from Dust. (F) all value given for Old Looking Glass.
25¼in. x 18¼in. (64cm. x 46.5cm.)

Lot Essay

Thomas Fentham is recorded 1774-1825 and at no. 52 'opposite Old Round Court' from 1778 to 1793. His trade label is recorded on mirrors throughout his working life including a convex mirror illustrated in Geoffrey Wills, English Looking-glasses, London, 1965, p.128, pl. 163 (see C. Beard and C. Gilbert, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, F.H.S., Leeds, 1986, p.296).

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