A GILTWOOD PIER MIRROR

A GILTWOOD PIER MIRROR

IN GEORGE II STYLE, AFTER WILLIAM KENT, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY

the later oval plate inside an egg-and-foliate frame, the crest with a central crowned, bearded mask beneath a triple plume and before a scallop shell, the base centred by a scrolling foliate and floral pendant and oak leaf swags

183cm high, 75.5cm wide

Provenance

A Private Collection.

Catalogue Note

See Victoria & Albert Museum, accession number W.86-1911, and Christie's New York, The Exceptional Sale, 1st February 2024, lot 36, for similar mirror dated to c.1735-40, with carving attributed to John Boson.