ATTRIBUTED TO EDWARD F. CALDWELL & CO., NEW YORK, FIRST QUARTER 20TH CENTURY

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An American Adam revival ormolu mirror
Attributed to Edward F. Caldwell & Co., New York, First quarter 20th Century
The oval plate within a guilloche and beaded frame, surmounted by an urn with rams heads draped with husk-festoons, above scrolling acanthus, the sides with seated sphinxes seated on guilloche-panelled plinths, above further scrolling acanthus and an acanthus apron
46 in. (117 cm.) high; 31 1/8 in. (79 cm.) wide

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 23 April 1998, lot 11 (£11,500).

Lot Essay

This mirror corresponds to Robert Adam's design for a pier glass for 'the Parlour' at Kenwood House, London, illustrated in Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam, 1774, vol. I, no. II, pl. VIII. The present mirror, executed in ormolu, is almost identical to an example from the Seidenberg collection and illustrated in J. F. Sandberg, 'Edward F. Caldwell and Company', The Magazine Antiques, February 1998, p. 311, pl. III. A design for a girandole of the same model dating from 1927 is located in the Caldwell company archive at the New York Public Library.

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