ID 1027456
Lot 23 | AN ITALIAN ROCK CRYSTAL AND EMBOSSED GILT-COPPER MIRROR
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 250 000
PROBABLY VENICE, LATE 17TH CENTURY
Of octagonal form, decorated overall with swags and large pendants forming elaborate flowerheads hung with further faceted drops, the outer border with eight large and seventeen small plates separated by a pierced foliate border, surrounding eight rectangular plates around an octagonal-shaped central mirror plate, the back lined with green fabric, replacements and restorations, the rock crystal elements largely 19th century
56 in. (142 cm.) high, 55 in. (140 cm.) wide
Provenance
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild (1827-1905), in the Salon Rouge, hôtel Saint-Florentin, Paris.
The Collection of the Rothschild family.
By descent to the present owners.
Literature
The Rothschild Archive, London, Inventaire après le décès de Monsieur le Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, A. Cottin Notaire, 16 October 1905 (hôtel Saint-Florentin, Salon Rouge, ‘Glace cristal Venise montée bronze – estimée trois cent francs’).
| Medium: | Glass |
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| Historical era: | Period of Louis XIV |
| Place of origin: | Europe, Spain |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
| Medium: | Glass |
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| Historical era: | Period of Louis XIV |
| Place of origin: | Europe, Spain |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
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