Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics

Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 51. A Late George II Giltwood Overmantel Mirror, Circa 1760.

Timeless Nature: Property from a Private New York Collection

A Late George II Giltwood Overmantel Mirror, Circa 1760

Lot closes

October 16, 04:51 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 80,000 USD

Starting Bid

35,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

the crest in the form of an architectural niche with a seated Chinese figure flanked by Ho-Ho birds and hanging from riband-tied floral garlands; the rockwork-carved oval frame above an apron formed by C-scrolls and open pavilions and flanked by discrete standing acanthus scrolls


height 67 1/2 in.; width 66 1/4 in.

171.5 cm; 168 cm

Hotspur, London 19 December 1984

Private New York Collection, thence by descent to current owner