A PAIR OF GILTWOOD PIER GLASSES
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A PAIR OF GILTWOOD PIER GLASSES

ONE GEORGE III, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, THE OTHER 20TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF GILTWOOD PIER GLASSES
ONE GEORGE III, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, THE OTHER 20TH CENTURY
Each with a later oval plate in an entwined palm frame, regilt
38½ x 24½ in. (98 x 62.5 cm.) (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 3 July 1997, lot 39.
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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 reed-wreathed pier glass, of Roman medallion form, is conceived in the George II picturesque or 'Modern' style and relates to a flower-entwined pier glass at Uppark, West Sussex (M. Jourdain and F. Rose, English Furniture; the Georgian Period, London, 1953, fig. 149).

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