Lot Essay
A very similar mirror, but lacking the monogram and coronet to the top, is in the Landesmuseum, Kassel and illustrated in H. Kreisel, Die Kunst des deutschen Möbels, Munich, 1968, vol. I, fig. 677.
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A GERMAN EBONISED AND PARCEL-GILT MIRROR
LATE 17TH / EARLY 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY KASSEL
Details
A GERMAN EBONISED AND PARCEL-GILT MIRROR
LATE 17TH / EARLY 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY KASSEL
The rectangular bevelled plate within a stepped and moulded frame with ripple-moulded bands and pierced foliate angle clasps surmounted by a pierced strapwork and foliate cresting centred by a monogram within a cartouche flanked by two putti supporting a coronet, the carving with small restored breaks and small losses
61 in. x 45 in. (155 cm x 115 cm.)
LATE 17TH / EARLY 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY KASSEL
The rectangular bevelled plate within a stepped and moulded frame with ripple-moulded bands and pierced foliate angle clasps surmounted by a pierced strapwork and foliate cresting centred by a monogram within a cartouche flanked by two putti supporting a coronet, the carving with small restored breaks and small losses
61 in. x 45 in. (155 cm x 115 cm.)
Provenance
Christie's, London, 2 December 1998, lot 157.
Brought to you by
Anne Qaimmaqami
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