A GEORGE III GILTWOOD OVERMANTEL MIRROR

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A GEORGE III GILTWOOD OVERMANTEL MIRROR
The rectangular plate in a pierced acanthus-scrolled frame with pagoda cresting centred by a chinaman sitting on rockwork in front of a fence, flanked at each end by a pagoda roof, the apron centred by rockwork and symmetrical acanthus scrolls, regilt, inscribed in chalk on the later backboards '105RV', and 'Top', the plate probably later
40 x 56 in. (101.5 x 142.5 cm.)

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Lot Essay

The mirror's 'picturesque' cresting comprises a Chinese-railed and rustic-pillared kiosk, with rustic pillars and pagoda-swept roof set above a waterfall, that derives from a mirror pattern in Thomas Johnson's, Collection of Designs, 1758 (pl. 9). The latter kiosk, inhabited by a fan-bearing Chinese courtier, inspired the design of a related frame for a tripartite 'landscape' or overmantel mirror sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 6 July 1989, lot 20.

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