拍品 1193
1193
A SWEDISH GILTWOOD MIRROR
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A SWEDISH GILTWOOD MIRROR

MID-18TH CENTURY

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A SWEDISH GILTWOOD MIRROR
MID-18TH CENTURY
The slightly-arched rectangular divided plate framed by foliate-decorated mirrored borders, surmounted by a pierced arch-shaped cresting headed by rockwork scrolls, flanked by two doves above a vase issuing flowers, the pierced apron carved with conforming rockwork, stamped in lower left hand corner of back of mirror border 'STOCKE...' and directly underneath 'STEMPEL...' in small black capital letters
63 in. x 25½ in. (160 cm. x 65 cm.)
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A particularly interesting feature of this mirror - produced under the reign of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (1710-1771) - is the use of early 18th Century elements, such as mirrored border-glasses, together with mid-18th Century and rococo elements, such as the pierced cresting and apron.
Two related mirrors signed Nils Sundström are illustrated in Torsten Sylvén & Elsebeth Welander-Berggren, Speglar, Spegelmakare & Fabrikörer I Sverige, Stockholm, 2000, p.221. A comparable mirror was sold anonymously, Christie's, London, 2 April 1998, lot 11; and a further related mirror was sold, Rasmussen, Copenhagen, 28-31 October 1997, lot 4.