- THE DUKE OF KENT GESSO MIRROR
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English, circa 1720
Height: 47 in; 119.5 cm
Width: 23 ½ in; 59.5 cm -
Ref. 4481841
Price Range: £50,000 + -
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A George I gesso mirror.
Note: The mirror retains much of the original gilding. The shaped and bevelled mirror plate is an 18th century replacement.
The mirror is described in the Christie’s sale catalogue for 13 - 14 March 1947, lot 371, as ‘A mirror in gilt frame with corded and beaded borders, surmounted by shells, a canopy and foliage 4 ft high, 22 in wide’. It sold for 170 guineas.
Literature:
Illustrated:
Antique Collector, December 1954, p. 173, fig. III; advertisement with G. Jetley.
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Provenance
HRH Prince George, the Duke of Kent, London, England, until 1947.
G. Jetley, London, England.
Private collection, London, England.
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