A Swedish gilt-lead mounted blue glass mirror, in the manner of Burchard or Gustav Precht second quarter 18th century

with an acanthus spray cresting, the arched rectangular plate with a bevelled blue glass border surmounted by stylised fleur-de-lys and interposed by leaves with pilasters, the reverse with paper label 'R&W Clarke carver & gilder and artists colormen, 40-46 Grand Parade, Cork', together with another label stating 'belonging to Dennis Penrose'; regilt

Mallett, London

There is a later metal bracket at the back for strengthening. Traces of the original gilt on the sides of the mirror. In overall good restored condition.
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Comparative Literature:
Graham Child, World Mirrors, 1650-1900, London, 1990,p. 297, fig. 678.
S.Wallin, Nordiska Musset Möbler fran Svensko Herremanshem, Vol I, 1500 och 1600- talen- Vasatiden och den Karolinskahden, Nordiska Museet Förlag, Stockholm, 1931, p.180, fig. 335, p. 190, fig. 337(Inv 57,031).
Burchard Precht the sculptor and cabinet-maker was originally from Bremen and subsequently went to  Sweden in1674 to work at Drottningholm, Palace. One of his sons Gustav (b. 1698), also produced mirror frames and it is often difficult to distinguish between the work of the father and son. This mirror is from what is termed the Swedish `Régence' period and is based upon Queen Anne prototypes with the use of shaped border-glasses to outline the main plates. The gilt-lead mounts are a particular feature of Swedish mirrors by this maker.
A mirror attributed to Gustav Precht, of identical outline with blue glass borders and a very similar cresting, though lacking the distinctive flower-filled baskets such a feature of the work of Gustav Precht, was sold as lot 204, Christie's, Paris, 21^st June 2006.