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Lot Essay
A similarly conceived mirror with cobalt blue outer slips was sold from the collection of Marjorie Wiggin Prescott, Christie's New York 31 January 1981, lot 198, and again, 16 October 1998, lot 272. Another of similar inspiration was sold Christie's New York, 28 March 1981, lot 202.
This mirror also relates to a pair of grand triumphal-arched mirrors almost certainly commissioned by Thomas Foley (d. 1737) for Stoke Edith, Herefordshire (sold ‘The Simon Sainsbury Collection’, Christie’s, London, 18 June 2008, lot 49). The most pre-eminent example of this type of mirror is a set of four supplied to either Sir John Chester, 4th Bt. of Chicheley Hall, Buckinghamshire, or to his son, also John, 6th Bt. The accounts of the 4th Bt. refer to substantial sums paid to a 'Mr Odell’ or 'Odel' for a quantity of giltwood 'glasses’ and ‘sconces’; this was almost certainly 'Isaaci’ (Isaac) Odell (d. circa 1727), described in his will of 24 September 1724 as 'Looking Glass maker’ of St. Clement Danes (PROB 11/615/5).
This mirror also relates to a pair of grand triumphal-arched mirrors almost certainly commissioned by Thomas Foley (d. 1737) for Stoke Edith, Herefordshire (sold ‘The Simon Sainsbury Collection’, Christie’s, London, 18 June 2008, lot 49). The most pre-eminent example of this type of mirror is a set of four supplied to either Sir John Chester, 4th Bt. of Chicheley Hall, Buckinghamshire, or to his son, also John, 6th Bt. The accounts of the 4th Bt. refer to substantial sums paid to a 'Mr Odell’ or 'Odel' for a quantity of giltwood 'glasses’ and ‘sconces’; this was almost certainly 'Isaaci’ (Isaac) Odell (d. circa 1727), described in his will of 24 September 1724 as 'Looking Glass maker’ of St. Clement Danes (PROB 11/615/5).
