ID 1071271
Lot 46 | A GEORGE I GILTWOOD AND CUT-GESSO PIER MIRROR
Estimate value
£ 25 000 – 40 000
CIRCA 1725, POSSIBLY BY JOHN BELCHIER
The elaborate cresting with scallop-shell-centred plume flanked by eagle's masks above a divided bevelled plate, the upper double-arched section stepped, the frame with cut-gesso strapwork decoration, pencil inscription 'Lady....room', minor losses, re-gilt
78 ¼ in. (199 cm.) high; 31 in. (79 cm.) wide
Provenance
Almost certainly Samuel, 1st Baron Sandys (1695-1770), and by descent.
Literature
Probably in Ombersley Court Inventory, c. 1770-1775, Ombersley MS, where listed in 'The Drawing Room', as 'A Large Looking Glass in a Gilt Frame'.
Ombersley Court Inventory, June 1963, annotated Ombersley MS, in 'The Boudoir'.
| Medium: | Giltwood |
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| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Mirrors |
| Medium: | Giltwood |
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| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Mirrors |
| Address of auction |
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