POSSIBLY BY THOMAS FENTHAM, CIRCA 1810

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A REGENCY GILTWOOD, GILT-COMPOSITION AND BRONZED OVERMANTEL MIRROR
POSSIBLY BY THOMAS FENTHAM, CIRCA 1810
The spherule-applied reverse-breakfronted concave moulded cornice above a central frieze with applied figures of muses and cherubs flanked by lions' masks, the central circular plate within a rosette-trellis ground and with a reeded slip flanked by vertical plates between Egyptian-headed reeded pilasters on a moulded plinth, inscribed V6290 in yellow chalk to the reverse, the left side plate possibly replaced
66½ in. (169 cm.) high, 87½ in. (222 cm.) wide

Lot Essay

A number of mirrors of the same unusual form bearing the label of Thomas Fentham are illustrated in C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, 1996, pp. 201 and 203, figs. 340, 342-43. Another is embellished with the same pattern lion mask, ibid, fig. 341. Thomas Fentham, 'Carver and Glass grinder' is recorded working at the No. 136 Strand Street address from 1794-1820. Fentham, who 'catered to an export business' was listed at various locations in London from 1777.

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