Lot 89
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A GEORGE II CARVED GILTWOOD PIER MIRROR
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A GEORGE II CARVED GILTWOOD PIER MIRROR

MID-18TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE II CARVED GILTWOOD PIER MIRROR
MID-18TH CENTURY
The later rectangular plate within a frame with Vitruvian scrolls and acanthus leaves to the angles, the sides flanked by ribbon-ties and fruit
52 x 27 in. (132 x 68.5 cm.)
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

This fruit-garlanded 'tabernacle' frame, with Ionic wave-scrolled pediment, is designed in the George II Roman fashion popularised by William Jones's Gentleman or Builder's Companion, 1739. In view of the size of the plate and therefore its value, this mirror may well be the 'Pier Glass, Gilt and Burnish'd Frame 6. 6' recorded in the 1795 Inventory in the Breakfast Room.

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