A BELLEEK OVAL MIRROR-FRAME with a cream iridescent glaze, applied in high relief with roses, a carnation, a peony, a chrysanthemum and other flowers, divided by dense interlaced sprays of rosebuds, shamrocks and other flowers, on leafy stems, on a basket-weave-moulded base edged with bands of beads, inset with a mirror (small chips to flower petals, some flaking to mirror), black printed marks, circa 1910 | Christie's

Lot 322

322

A BELLEEK OVAL MIRROR-FRAME with a cream iridescent glaze, applied in high relief with roses, a carnation, a peony, a chrysanthemum and other flowers, divided by dense interlaced sprays of rosebuds, shamrocks and other flowers, on leafy stems, on a basket-weave-moulded base edged with bands of beads, inset with a mirror (small chips to flower petals, some flaking to mirror), black printed marks, circa 1910

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A BELLEEK OVAL MIRROR-FRAME with a cream iridescent glaze, applied in high relief with roses, a carnation, a peony, a chrysanthemum and other flowers, divided by dense interlaced sprays of rosebuds, shamrocks and other flowers, on leafy stems, on a basket-weave-moulded base edged with bands of beads, inset with a mirror (small chips to flower petals, some flaking to mirror), black printed marks, circa 1910
16¼in. (41.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. Richard K. Degenhardt, op. cit., p. 84, no. D63-II, for a similar example, and ibid., p. 170, for an example taken from the 1904 catalogue

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