A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD MIRRORS, English, circa 1765
Height: 56 ¾ in; 144.5 cm
Width: 27 in; 68.5 cm
Width: 27 in; 68.5 cm
4476241
£100,000 +
Further images
Note: The frames have been re-gilded, and the mirror plates are mercury silvered replacements. The silvering on the glass was already very deteriorated when the mirrors were photographed by Moss...
Note: The frames have been re-gilded, and the mirror plates are mercury silvered replacements.
The silvering on the glass was already very deteriorated when the mirrors were photographed by Moss Harris in 1926 and it is likely that this deterioration was the reason for changing the mirror plates.
Provenance
M. Harris & Sons Ltd., London, England;
Private collection, Italy.
Literature
Illustrated:
M. Harris & Sons, An Abridged Introductory Catalogue of Antique Furniture and Works of Art, 1926, p. 73.
