19TH CENTURY

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AN ITALIAN ETCHED GLASS MIRROR
19TH CENTURY
The central bevelled rectangular plate surrounded by waved mirrored slips engraved with flower sprays, the arched cresting surmounted by a bird, bearing a Christie's auction label The following are the Property of the Rt. Hon. LORD ACTON, deceased, and have been removed from Aldenham Park, Bridgenorth, Shropshire and a brass label 335, restorations and replacements, with losses to silvering
67 in. (170 cm.) high, 31 in. (79 cm.) wide

Provenance

Richard Maximilian Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 2nd Baron Acton, Aldenham Park, Shropshire (according to the Christie's label). with Rice and Christy, London. The Estate of Condé Nast; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 7-9 January 1943, lot 276, ($210).

Special notice

Christie's is selling all lots in this sale as agent for an organization which holds a State of New York Exempt Organization certificate. Seller explicitly reserves all trademark and trade name rights and rights of privacy and publicity in the name and image of Doris Duke. No buyer of any property in this sale will acquire any right to use the Doris Duke name or image. Seller further explicitly reserves all copyright rights in designs or other copyrightable works included in the property offered for sale. No buyer of any property in the sale will acquire the rights to reproduce, distribute copies of, or prepare derivative works of such designs or copyrightable works.

Lot Essay

Lord Acton
(1834-1902)
John Emerich Edward Acton was a historian, political theorist and author of the unforgettable admonition "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority."

"He knew personally most of the distinguished historians and philosophers of Europe and America...At table with his family he chatted in English with his children, in German with his wife, in French with his sister-in-law and in Italian with his mother-in-law." -Gertrude Himmelfarb, author Lord Acton, Chicago, 1960.

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