A GEORGE I walnut and parcel-gilt wall lantern circa 1720

the hinged front opening to a mirrored back. Restored.

In restored condition – re-polished and re-gilded. Some old losses and replacements to veneers with some old worm damage. Back-board replaced. Mirror plate, glass front and base appear to have age, but their frames all have later putty.
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A related wall lantern at Hampton Court Palace, with double-arched mirror-inset back, also with parcel-gilt decoration, is illustrated, Macquoid and Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, 1953, rev. ed., vol. II, p. 282, fig. 2.