A Scottish George III giltwood mirror, with rectangular divided plate and shaped mirrored slips, the fluted frame carved with flowerheads and foliate scrolls, the spandrels centred by roundels carved with drapery swags and acanthus scrolls, the apron centred by a ram's head mask, the moulded and fluted cornice with confronting C-scroll and acanthus-carved clasp surmounted by a gadrooned plinth,

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A Scottish George III giltwood mirror, with rectangular divided plate and shaped mirrored slips, the fluted frame carved with flowerheads and foliate scrolls, the spandrels centred by roundels carved with drapery swags and acanthus scrolls, the apron centred by a ram's head mask, the moulded and fluted cornice with confronting C-scroll and acanthus-carved clasp surmounted by a gadrooned plinth,
66 x 39in. (168.5 x 99cm)

Lot Essay

The mirror's fluted and mirror-bordered frame is designed in the George III 'antique' manner and relates to patterns published in Matthias Lock's New Book of Pier-Frames, 1769.
This mirror is shown in the photograph of Mrs. Stirling's sitting room at Keir reproduced on page of this catalogue

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