THE NOTLEY ABBEY MIRROR
MID-18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY NORTH EUROPEAN
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THE NOTLEY ABBEY MIRROR
MID-18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY NORTH EUROPEAN
Pale blue-painted overall, surmounted by a cresting of a cornucopia of fruits and flowers, supported by ribbon tied foliage, with cascading festoons of trailing flowers and foliage around the plain moulded frame, with in a putto mask with scrolled acanthus apron below, later plate, formerly gilt
63 in. (160 cm.) high; 38.1.4 in. (97 cm.) wide 4 ⁷/₈ in. (12.5 cm.) deep
MID-18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY NORTH EUROPEAN
Pale blue-painted overall, surmounted by a cresting of a cornucopia of fruits and flowers, supported by ribbon tied foliage, with cascading festoons of trailing flowers and foliage around the plain moulded frame, with in a putto mask with scrolled acanthus apron below, later plate, formerly gilt
63 in. (160 cm.) high; 38.1.4 in. (97 cm.) wide 4 ⁷/₈ in. (12.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
The collection of Vivien Leigh, Notley Abbey, Buckinghamshire, probably acquired from Colefax & Fowler, ‘1 antique George II mirror’ for £68, 31 January 1947, (Laurence Olivier Archive, The British Library, London, Add MS 79839), thence by descent until sold,
Vivien: The Vivien Leigh Collection; Sotheby's, London, 26 September 2017, lot 118, where acquired by the present owner.
Vivien: The Vivien Leigh Collection; Sotheby's, London, 26 September 2017, lot 118, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
Notley Abbey Inventory, April 1948, p. 11, drawing room, ‘An antique oval wall mirror 36" x 29½" [? sic] in gilt carved frame of floral design the pediment formed as basket of flowers and the base with cherub mask.' (The Vivien Leigh Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, THM/433/9/11).
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