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THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD OVAL MIRRORS
THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Each later oval plate within a gadrooned border, the frame with carved and pierced rocaille, c-scrolls and foliage, surmounted by a double C-scroll and pierced shell cresting, the apron with a Chinese duck standing on a rockwork base, losses and additions, re-gilt
46 x 33 in. (117 x 84 cm.)
THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Each later oval plate within a gadrooned border, the frame with carved and pierced rocaille, c-scrolls and foliage, surmounted by a double C-scroll and pierced shell cresting, the apron with a Chinese duck standing on a rockwork base, losses and additions, re-gilt
46 x 33 in. (117 x 84 cm.)
Provenance
Almost certainly a wedding present from The Hon. Ernest Guinness (1876-1949) and Mrs Guinness (d. 1953) to T.R.H. The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, November 1935.
Literature
One illustrated with H.R.H. The Duchess of Gloucester, later Princess Alice, and H.R.H. Prince William of Gloucester, Country Life, vol. XCII, no. 2380, 28 August 1942, frontispiece.
Illustrated in situ in the 'Duchess's Sitting Room' at Barnwell Manor in 1959 (C. Hussey, 'Barnwell Manor, Northamptonshire - II, Country Life, 17 September 1959, p. 301, fig. 11.
Illustrated in situ in the 'Duchess's Sitting Room' at Barnwell Manor in 1959 (C. Hussey, 'Barnwell Manor, Northamptonshire - II, Country Life, 17 September 1959, p. 301, fig. 11.
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