Lot 290
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A REGENCY EBONISED AND PARCEL-GILT PIER GLASS
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A REGENCY EBONISED AND PARCEL-GILT PIER GLASS

Details
A REGENCY EBONISED AND PARCEL-GILT PIER GLASS
The rectangular plate in a star-studed frame with foliate upper corners, possibly originally with finials
84½ x 59 in. (214.5 x 150 cm.)
Provenance
Possibly supplied to the Beresford family for Gillingham Hall, Norfolk and by descent at Gillingham Hall through the Beresford and Kenyon families to the present owner.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

The overmantel mirror, with its paired reeded pillars and Grecian-black ribbon bands studded with golden stars or sunbursts is conceived in the French antique manner introduced around 1800 and popularised by the connoisseur Thomas Hope's Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1807. Its form relates to his Drawing Room overmantel mirror; while the 'night' black marble chimneypiece of his adjoining 'Aurora' room was 'studded with golden stars', and the picture frames of his Egyptian room were studded with similar sunbursts (pls. VI, VII and VIII).

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