THE FULBECK HALL MIRROR, English, circa 1720
Width: 3 ft; 91 cm
Further images
A George I gesso and giltwood mirror attributed to John Belchier.
Note: The mirror retains the original gilding and its original bevelled mirror plate. The arms in the cartouche are those of the King family of Ashby de la Launde, Lincolnshire, England.
John Belchier was first recorded in 1717 at St. Paul’s Churchyard in London. The arched mirror plate, with its frame moulding running up the sides and overlapping at the centre, is a very distinctive feature that appears on other commissions by Belchier. Documented mirror frames by John Belchier with the same central overlap can be found in the collection at Erddig in Wales.
Provenance
The King family of Ashby de la Launde, Lincolnshire, England;
By descent to William Vere Reeve King-Fane, Fulbeck Hall, Lincolnshire, England;
Private collection, New York, USA.
Literature
Illustrated:
Sotheby’s, ‘The contents of Fulbeck Hall, Lincolnshire’, sale catalogue, London, Olympia, 8 October 2002, pp. 20-21, lot 14.
