A GEORGE III GILTWOOD MIRROR

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A GEORGE III GILTWOOD MIRROR
The divided rectangular plate within a lappeted C-scroll slip and pierced foliate C and S-scroll and cartouche frame, flanked by bullrushes, the cresting with scrolled broken pediment centred by a shell issuing a floral spray, regilt
81 in. x 41 in. (206 cm. x 104 cm.)
Provenance
Purchased by the present owner from Hotspur in 1963.

Lot Essay

The mirror frame is serpentined in the George II picturesque manner. Its antique-fretted and waterscalloped border is wreathed by acanthus-wrapped ribbons, which tie bullmaces, sacred to the arcadian ruler Pan, at the sides. A flower-issuing cornucopia, emblematic of peace and plenty, emerges from the voluted pediment while Venus's shell badge is diplayed in a cartouche at the base. Its ornament such as the scallops, cresting, and bullmaces derive from 'sconce' patterns (plates 2 and 3) issued by the carver and ornament designer Matthias Lock (d. 1765) in his Six Sconces, 1744.

A related set of four mirrors, removed from Mereworth Castle, Kent, was sold by The Lady Anne Tree, in these Rooms, 23 May 1968, lot 116.

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