ID 1126385
Lot 36 | A GEORGE II GILTWOOD PIER MIRROR
Estimate value
$ 50 000 – 80 000
ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM KENT, THE CARVING PROBABLY BY JOHN BOSON, CIRCA 1733-34
With a later oval plate, the molded frame carved with egg-and-dart ornament framed by pendant laurel foliage, the base centered by a foliate clasp on a punched ground framed by foliate scrolls and pendant oak-leaf swags, the massive cresting formed as two super-imposed shells framed by acanthus scrolls and laurel swags centered by a bearded mask wearing a triple plume headdress encircled by a crown
69 in. (175.3 cm.) high, 28 ½ in. (72.4 cm.) wide
Provenance
Possibly supplied to Frederick, Prince of Wales, for the White House, Kew.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 28 June 1984, lot 91.
Acquired from the above sale.
Literature
Illustrated in House and Garden, New York, March 1988.
| Artist: | William Kent (1685 - 1748) |
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| Medium: | Glass, Giltwood, Mirror glass |
| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Mirrors |
| Artist: | William Kent (1685 - 1748) |
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| Medium: | Glass, Giltwood, Mirror glass |
| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Mirrors |
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