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EARLY 18TH CENTURY
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A REGENCE GILTWOOD AND EBONISED MIRROR
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
The shaped rectangular plate surmounted by a pierced S-scroll crest centred by a lion's mask supporting a cherub seated on a wine barrel and holding bunches of grapes, with an acanthus leaf and S-scroll apron centred by a shell, paper label to the reverse inscribed '... Mirror circa 1740 / from the TASTING ROOM / OF CHATEAU NR. DIJON'
41 x 23 ¼ in. (104 x 59 cm.)
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
The shaped rectangular plate surmounted by a pierced S-scroll crest centred by a lion's mask supporting a cherub seated on a wine barrel and holding bunches of grapes, with an acanthus leaf and S-scroll apron centred by a shell, paper label to the reverse inscribed '... Mirror circa 1740 / from the TASTING ROOM / OF CHATEAU NR. DIJON'
41 x 23 ¼ in. (104 x 59 cm.)
Provenance
According to paper label, a chateau near Dijon, 1952.
The Late Hon. David Herbert, Dar Kharroubia, Tangier.
The Late Hon. David Herbert, Dar Kharroubia, Tangier.
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