A GEORGE III SHELLWORK ARMORIAL PICTURE, decorated with semi-precious stones, shells and crystals and depicting an armorial cartouche with a coat of arms and the motto RISE LIKE THE MORN, surmounted by a knights helmet and flanked by laurel and foliate-sprays, within the contemporary beaded pierced giltwood frame carved with foliate trails and C-scrolls, with label to the reverse Richard Fletcher Picture Frame Maker, Carver and Gilder at the Golden Head Facing the ... on Snow Hill, re-gilt
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A GEORGE III SHELLWORK ARMORIAL PICTURE, decorated with semi-precious stones, shells and crystals and depicting an armorial cartouche with a coat of arms and the motto RISE LIKE THE MORN, surmounted by a knights helmet and flanked by laurel and foliate-sprays, within the contemporary beaded pierced giltwood frame carved with foliate trails and C-scrolls, with label to the reverse Richard Fletcher Picture Frame Maker, Carver and Gilder at the Golden Head Facing the ... on Snow Hill, re-gilt
26in. x 23¼in. (66cm. x 59cm.)
Lot Essay
Richard Fletcher flourished at 'The Golden Head', circa 1770