Lot 38
38
THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN
A GEORGE III GILTWOOD MIRROR, the slightly arched rectangular plate within a beaded stiff leaf-moulded frame, the pierced cresting centred by a Wedgwood plaque of a dancing nymph within a beaded and moulded oval frame surmounted by an anthemion spray, the flanking griffins with scrolled foliate tails issuing husk-trails, the pierced apron with scrolling foliate berried boss, restorations, the gilding refreshed, re-using an earlier plate and the backboard replaced, with depository labels DAMAGED WHEN RECEIVED BY E.R. PADOCK LANGHAM BROWNE DEPOSITORY 93 LYMINGTON, the plaque stamped WEDGWOOD

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A GEORGE III GILTWOOD MIRROR, the slightly arched rectangular plate within a beaded stiff leaf-moulded frame, the pierced cresting centred by a Wedgwood plaque of a dancing nymph within a beaded and moulded oval frame surmounted by an anthemion spray, the flanking griffins with scrolled foliate tails issuing husk-trails, the pierced apron with scrolling foliate berried boss, restorations, the gilding refreshed, re-using an earlier plate and the backboard replaced, with depository labels DAMAGED WHEN RECEIVED BY E.R. PADOCK LANGHAM BROWNE DEPOSITORY 93 LYMINGTON, the plaque stamped WEDGWOOD
61 x 37in. (155 x 94cm.)

Lot Essay

The rectangular frame's cresting of a palmette-finialled bas-relief medallion that is supported by Apollo's griffins, emerging from Roman foliage in the arabesque manner, derives from an engraving published by R. and J. Adam in their Works in Architecture, 1774, vol. 1, no. II, pl. VIII.
The medallion's dancing vestal with a garland is in the manner of John Flaxman (see: R. Reilly, Wedgwood, London, vol. I, p. 585)

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