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CIRCA 1745, PROBABLY ORIGINALLY A PICTURE FRAME
Details
A GEORGE II OIL-GILT MIRROR
Circa 1745, probably originally a picture frame
The later bevelled rectangular plate with husk-garland surround and hatched slip within bead-and-reel and guilloche-molded outer surround, the upper outset corners between a swan's neck crest centered by a shell, the volute-scrolled lower corners above a similarly carved base, with a Christie's catalogue entry The following are Sold by Order of the Trustees of/S.ELIOT LEWIS, ESQ./desceased, late of 7 Kensington Palace Garden, W.8 and inscribed in white chalk 208
47¼in. (120cm.) high, 37in. (94cm.) wide
Circa 1745, probably originally a picture frame
The later bevelled rectangular plate with husk-garland surround and hatched slip within bead-and-reel and guilloche-molded outer surround, the upper outset corners between a swan's neck crest centered by a shell, the volute-scrolled lower corners above a similarly carved base, with a Christie's catalogue entry The following are Sold by Order of the Trustees of/S.ELIOT LEWIS, ESQ./desceased, late of 7 Kensington Palace Garden, W.8 and inscribed in white chalk 208
47¼in. (120cm.) high, 37in. (94cm.) wide
Provenance
Trustees of S. Eliot Lewis, Esq., deceased, late of 7 Kensington Palace Gardens, sold Christie's London, 20 November 1934, probably lot 151 (dimensions in the 1934 catalogue slightly vary).