CIRCA 1770, PROBABLY SWEDISH

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A NORTH EUROPEAN GILTWOOD AND EBONISED MIRROR
CIRCA 1770, PROBABLY SWEDISH
The rectangular bevelled plate in a beaded and guilloche frame surmounted by a sunflower paterae hung with laurel swags, with laurel swagged apron, the gilding refreshed
37 x 25½ in. (94 x 64.5 cm.)

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The shape of the frame and the apron hung with laurel swags of this mirror is similar to one signed by Carl Corssar (1753-1827), mirrormaker of Stockholm, illustrated in Sylvén and Welander-Berggren, Speglar, Spegelmakare & Fabrikörer i Sverige, Stockholm, 2000, p. 109.

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