BY GEORGE BULLOCK, 1817

Details

A REGENCY BROWN OAK, OAK AND HOLLY DRESSING-MIRROR
By George Bullock, 1817
With rectangular swing plate between turned baluster uprights with roundels, the line-inlaid base with a cedar-lined drawer, on dentilled bracket feet
28¾ in. (73 cm.) high; 29¼ in. (74.5 cm.) wide; 9 in. (23 cm.) deep

Provenance

Supplied to M. R. Boulton (d. 1842) and by descent to
Major Eustace Robb, Tew Park, Great Tew, Oxfordshire, sold Christie's house sale, 27-29 May 1987, lot 287.

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

Bullock invoiced seven 'dressing glasses' for the main bedrooms: four of the grander model at £6 10s each and three plainer at £5 6s each. On 16 May 1818, Boulton's clerk Walker wrote to Joseph (Bullock's clerk) in an attempt to settle the outstanding problems over the account and pointed out that 'the whole of the Swing-Glasses belonging to the Dressing tables were injured in the silvering by the improper revetting of the Back-boards, so as to occasion a very unsightly blemish, which was pointed out to, & acknowledged by the late Mr. Bullock.' An allowance of £1 seems to have been agreed aventually.

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