Sale 6760
London
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6 March 2003
Price realised
GBP 5,975
Estimate
A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILT CARTON-PIERRE MIRRORS Each with cartouche-shaped plate in a moulded and foliate-wrapped frame, the C-scroll apron centred by a neo-classical swagged urn with ram's mask and husk swags, surmounted by a foliate and wheat-ear finial, with indistinct chalk inscription to the reverse of one, the gilding refreshed, the finials later 34¼ x 17 in. (87 x 43 cm.) (2)
Provenance
Michael Lipitch, sold Sotheby's London, 29 May 1998, lot 46.
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