A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD MIRRORS

Date	1765
Period	1750-1850, 18th century
Origin	England
Medium	Giltwood
Dimensions	155.5 x 94 cm (61¹/₄ x 37 inches)
Gallery	Ronald Phillips Ltd

Description
Technical

These well documented mirrors retain the original mirror plates. The pagoda tops and the pendent aprons have been restored.

The earliest record of these mirrors is in a photograph taken circa 1924 by Sydney Newbery of Brixton, London, a highly regarded art photographer whose work is today in several museums in the UK. All the other items in the photograph are Hotspur Ltd. stock items, and it is safe to assume that it was taken for Hotspur. An inscription on the back lists everything shown, including the wall panelling, which appears to have been installed temporarily, suggesting that the photograph may have been taken at an exhibition, possibly the monumental British Empire Exhibition of 1924, in which several London antique dealers took part.

Date: 1765
Period: 1750-1850, 18th century
Origin: England
Medium: Giltwood
Dimensions: 155.5 x 94 cm (61¹/₄ x 37 inches)
Provenance: Hotspur Ltd., London, England, circa 1924.
M. Harris & Sons, London, England, 1965.
Ronald Phillips Ltd. London, England, 1992.
Private collection, New York, USA.
Literature: Illustrated:
Geoffrey Wills, English Looking-glasses: A Study of the Glass, Frames and Makers (1670-1820), 1965, p. 92, fig. 74.
‘Grosvenor House Art and Antiques Fair handbook’, 1992, p. 273, advertisement; with Ronald Phillips Ltd.
Categories: Furniture