A GEORGE III GILTWOOD OVAL MIRROR, English, circa 1765
Height: 5 ft 4 in; 163 cm
Width: 3 ft 1 in; 94 cm
Width: 3 ft 1 in; 94 cm
4471351
£100,000 +
Note: The mirror retains traces of the original gilding, the mirror plate is an 18th century replacement. A printed 19th century gilder’s label to the reverse reads ‘J. Buttifant of Carlisle’.
Note: The mirror retains traces of the original gilding, the mirror plate is an 18th century replacement. A printed 19th century gilder’s label to the reverse reads ‘J. Buttifant of Carlisle’.
Provenance
Harris Lindsay, London, England;
Private collection, London, England.
Literature
Thomas Chippendale, The Gentleman and Cabinet-maker’s Director, 3rd edition, 1762, pl. CLXXII.
Illustrated:
Harris Lindsay, ‘Works of Art’, catalogue, 2004, p. 34.
Ronald Phillips Ltd, Mirrors, 2010, item 5;
Ronald Phillips Ltd., Antique English Furniture, 2021, item 77.
