Lot Essay
SIMILAR MIRRORS ARE ILLUSTRATED IN G. CHILD, WORLD MIRRORS, LONDON 1990, P. 245, FIG. 575. AND G. MARIACHER, SPECCHIERE ITALIANE, MILANO, 1963, FIG. 36.
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California Baroque: the Eye of R.M. Barokh (lots 230-304)
A PAIR OF ITALIAN WHITE GROUND POLYCHROME-DECORATED AND PARCEL-GILT FAIENCE MIRRORS
NOVE MANUFACTORY, LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF ITALIAN WHITE GROUND POLYCHROME-DECORATED AND PARCEL-GILT FAIENCE MIRRORS
NOVE MANUFACTORY, LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
EACH WITH SHIELD-FORM PLATE DECORATED ALTERNATELY WITH A MALE AND A FEMALE CLASSICAL FIGURE, WITHIN A FOLIATE AND SCROLLED SURROUND SURMOUNTED BY A FEATHERED SPRAY, THE BOTTOM WITH A GROTESQUE MASK, DECORATED OVERALL WITH TRAILING FLOWERS, ORGINALLY WITH GIRANDOLE ARMS, NOW LACKING
26½ IN. (67 CM.) HIGH, 14 IN. (35.5 CM.) WIDE (2)
NOVE MANUFACTORY, LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
EACH WITH SHIELD-FORM PLATE DECORATED ALTERNATELY WITH A MALE AND A FEMALE CLASSICAL FIGURE, WITHIN A FOLIATE AND SCROLLED SURROUND SURMOUNTED BY A FEATHERED SPRAY, THE BOTTOM WITH A GROTESQUE MASK, DECORATED OVERALL WITH TRAILING FLOWERS, ORGINALLY WITH GIRANDOLE ARMS, NOW LACKING
26½ IN. (67 CM.) HIGH, 14 IN. (35.5 CM.) WIDE (2)