A PAIR OF GEORGE I GILT GESSO MIRRORS BY THOMAS CLEARE

Note: The mirrors retain most of the original gilding. The original re-silvered bevelled mirror plate is retained on one mirror; the other has a replaced mercury silvered mirror plate. The candle sockets and the candle arms are of later date.
One mirror retains the trade card of Thomas Cleare, which has been pasted to the back board.
Ronald Phillips Ltd. has been fortunate to reunite this pair of mirrors recently.

Literature: Illustrated:
Christopher Gilbert, A Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1740, 1996, p. 145, fig. 213.
Geoffrey Beard and Christopher Gilbert, The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, 1986, p. 177.
Adam Bowett, Early Georgian Furniture 1715-1740, p. 281, pl. 6:28.
Ronald Phillips Ltd., ‘Fine Antique English Furniture’, catalogue, 2015, pp. 248-9.

Provenance

The labelled mirror:
Partridge Fine Arts Ltd., London, England;
Private collection, California, USA.
The companion mirror:
Robert Bradley Antiques, Hampshire, England.