Lot 199
199
A CONTINENTAL ORMOLU AND MARBLE OCCASIONAL TABLE
PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOT 199)
A PAIR OF SPANISH SILVERED AND CLEAR AND BLUE FOIL-BACKED GLASS MIRRORS

PROBABLY CONSTRUCTED FROM 18TH CENTURY ELEMENTS

Details
A PAIR OF SPANISH SILVERED AND CLEAR AND BLUE FOIL-BACKED GLASS MIRRORS
PROBABLY CONSTRUCTED FROM 18TH CENTURY ELEMENTS
Each with raised divided rectangular plate within a molded frame with octagonal paneled sides and a further band
76½ in. (194 cm.) high, 55 in. (140 cm.) wide (2)
Provenance
With John Hobbs, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 17-18 May 2005, lot 531.

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Lot Essay

A virtually identical pair of mirrors, although smaller than this pair, is illustrated in G. Child, World Mirrors, London, 1990, p. 324, fig. 734, and catalogued as Carlos IV, circa 1790. These mirrors, or an almost identical pair, were sold anonymously Sotheby's, Monaco, 19-20 June 1988, lot 1870, and again Sotheby's, London, 16 December 1988, lot 132 (£65,300).

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