Furniture, Works of Art, Carpets & Clocks - including the Homm Collection of Carpets Part One - 15th January 2025
Lot 647
A GILTWOOD PIER MIRROR
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £1764
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Description
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.