• 500 Years: Decorative Arts Eur auction at Christies

    Sale 2435

    500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe, including Oriental Carpets

    New York

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    14 - 15 April 2011

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    • A GEORGE II GILTWOOD MIRROR
    Lot 450

    A GEORGE II GILTWOOD MIRROR

    CIRCA 1730

    Price realised

    USD 22,500

    Estimate

    USD 10,000 - USD 15,000

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    A GEORGE II GILTWOOD MIRROR
    CIRCA 1730
    With scrolled broken pediment centered shell above a scroll-carved frieze centered by a mask, the paneled frame with outset upper corners with trailing husk carving, the lower corners outset with scrolls, the apron centered by a later shell, all surrounding a later mirror plate, inscribed 834 in ink behind cresting, inscribed in pencil 8414 to reverse.
    69 in. (175 cm.) high, 40½ in. (103 cm.) wide

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