ONE GEORGE II, CIRCA 1740, THE OTHER MODERN BY CARVERS AND GILDERS, LONDON

The mirror's echinous-moulded border tablet-fretted at the crest and acanthus-enriched base relates to George II 'Roman' pier-glass patterns by John Vardy as well as to those by anonymous designers from 1740-45. ( P. Ward-Jackson, English Furniture Designs of the Eighteenth Century, London, 1958, figs 35, 37 and 42). The poetic laurel 'baguettes' festooning the frame are conceived in the French/Grecian fashion as featured on George III period pier-glasses supplied for Croome Court, Worcestershire, of which a pair was offered anonymously at Christie's, London, 28 June 1979, lot 95.