LATE 18TH CENTURY

細節

A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD MIRRORS
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Each with oval later plate in a fluted frame surmounted by a palmette issuing foliage and further surmounted by a husk-swagged urn, the apron with ribbon-tied crossed palms, regilt, some peripheral carving added
58 x 26 in. (147.5 x 66 cm.) (2)

來源

Mrs. Robert Tritton, Godmersham Park, Kent (+); Christie's house sale, 6-9 June 1983, lot 150.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 5 December, 1991, lot 219.

注意事項

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.

拍品專文

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tritton bought Godmersham Park in 1936, and not only rescued the house, but also filled it with one of the finest post-war collections of English and French furniture in this country.

Godmersham was built by Thomas May Knight (d. 1781) in 1732 and it was his son, Thomas Knight who, having no heir, looked for a relation to take on the estate. A cousin, George Austen, rector of Steventon and the second of his five sons was adopted by the Knights. The following year, 1794, Thomas Knight died and shortly afterwards, Godmersham was occupied by Edward Austen. His sister, the novelist Jane Austen became a frequent visitor and it is traditionally thought to be the model for Mansfield Park. 'If there is anything in the influence of place, Godmersham was part author of the novels. The spirit of Jane Austen abides in the delicious air of this quiet and unspoilt valley' (from W. H. Helm, Jane Austen and her Country-House Comedy, quoted in H. Avray Tipping, 'Godmersham Park, Kent', Country Life, 6 November 1920, p. 602).