Lot 62
62
A GEORGE II GILTWOOD OVAL PIER-GLASS with oval plate within a gadrooned frame carved with scrolling oak leaves and acanthus and surmounted by a splayed eagle supporting foliate swags in its beak, with a foliate-carved apron within C-scroll cartouches on a pounced ground, regilt

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A GEORGE II GILTWOOD OVAL PIER-GLASS with oval plate within a gadrooned frame carved with scrolling oak leaves and acanthus and surmounted by a splayed eagle supporting foliate swags in its beak, with a foliate-carved apron within C-scroll cartouches on a pounced ground, regilt
50½ x 30in. (128.5 x 76.5cm.)

Lot Essay

This gadrooned medallion pier-glass wrapped by acanthus foliage and festooned with oak garlands suspended by an eagle perched on the crest relates to Palladian furniture designs during the reign of King George II

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