A GEORGE II GILTWOOD PIER MIRROR

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$ 50 000
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01.02.2024 10:00UTC -04:00
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ID 1126385
Lot 36 | A GEORGE II GILTWOOD PIER MIRROR
A GEORGE II GILTWOOD PIER MIRROR

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.
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