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The mirror in situ in the drawing room at Platten Hall, Ireland; illustrated in Georgian Mansions in Ireland, 1915
THE PLATTEN HALL MIRROR, Irish, circa 1765
Height: 5 ft 11½ in; 182 cm
Width: 3 ft 4 in; 102 cm
Depth: 7 in; 18 cm
Width: 3 ft 4 in; 102 cm
Depth: 7 in; 18 cm
4465751
£100,000 +
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A George III giltwood mirror.
Note: The mirror retains most of the original gilding. The mercury silvered bevelled mirror plate is original.
A George III giltwood mirror.
Note: The mirror retains most of the original gilding. The mercury silvered bevelled mirror plate is original.
Provenance
Platten Hall, Co. Meath, Ireland;
Ronald Phillips Ltd., London, England;
Private collection, USA.
Literature
Illustrated:
Thomas U. Sadleir, Georgian Mansions in Ireland, 1915, pl. LXIX; in the drawing room at Platten Hall.
Ronald Phillips Ltd., ‘Reflections of the Past: Mirrors 1685-1815’, catalogue, 2004, p. 170.
