A CHARLES II RAISED WORK MIRROR

Lot 50
23.10.2024 18:00UTC +00:00
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£ 107 100
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1309778
Lot 50 | A CHARLES II RAISED WORK MIRROR
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 25 000
The rectangular bevelled plate flanked by an embroidery depicting, to the left, a lady playing a mandolin above a unicorn, to the right, a gentleman with a hawk above a leopard, the lower section with a seated lady holding a flower flanked by a lion and a camel, the top section with a seated lady holding a basket of fruit with a cockatrice, a parrot and fruit trees, and the whole with further creatures and insects in relief with metal threads and pastel colours, the reverse covered in lime-green velvet with a ratchetted stand, enclosed in its original brass-bound oak box with engraved and pierced hinges, with label to the reverse indistinctly inscribed in pen 'COHAN', the hinged section of the clasp replaced
23 in. (58.5 cm.) high; 191/4 in. (49 cm.) wide
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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