EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Details

A GEORGE I GILTWOOD PIER MIRROR
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
With a swan neck pediment centred by a foliate and shell cartouche above a foliate frieze, the later rectangular plate within a foliate- carved surround with beaded and egg-and-dart borders, with shaped and scrolled foliate corners, the sides hung with acorn and leaf swags, the scrolled apron similarly moulded with shells and foliage, the side swags possibly added
59 1/2. in. x 29 in. (151 cm. x 74 cm.)

Provenance

Acquired from Norman Adams, London, January 1996.

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Lot Essay

A similar pair of pier glasses formerly in the collection of Sir Henry Price at Wakehurst Place, West Sussex, and Wilbraham House, London, sold Christie's, London, 19 November 2009, lot 50, £85,250 (including premium).

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