CIRCA 1745

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A GEORGE II GILTWOOD OVAL WALL MIRROR
CIRCA 1745
With female mask and confronting splayed eagles above palm fronts and rubbon-tied cresting, with pencil inscription 'ODR 30' on the reverse, regilt, the outer eagles wings replaced, the plate probably original
50 in. (127 cm.) high; 34 in. (86.5 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

A pair of related Roman-medallion mirrors, crowned by Venus heads, clasped by shells and wreathed by reeds, were supplied in the mid eighteenth century for St. Giles House, Dorset (sold by the Earl of Shaftesbury at Christie's London, 26 June 1980, lot 55.)

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