Sale 2435
New York
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14 - 15 April 2011
Price realised
USD 22,500
Estimate
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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