An important pair of Queen Anne carved giltwood wall mirrors circa 1715, in the manner of James Moore

Illustrated, Ralph Edwards (ed.), The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, rev. ed. 1954, p. 332, fig. 50.

Illustrated (with the same cracks to the plate) and discussed  'Seaton Delaval II, Christopher Hussey, Country Life, December 15^th 1923, Vol. LIV, p. 867.

Hussey writes '...another admirable piece is the hanging gilt-gesso mirror (fig 13). The bevelling is extraordinarily fine, as can be seen at the base of the mirror, while the quality of the mouldings is superb. No finer work was produced in France, which is high praise for English peices of this kind.'

These magnificent mirrors are most probably those recorded in an Inventory dated 22nd January 1755 of property at Seaton Delaval Hall, 'Mahogany Parler [sic] - Gilt sconces with branches'
there is also a reference to a further group of three, of which this pair may well have been a part,  two being listed in the Dining Room and a further in the Crimson Room.

The delicate flowering tendrils and the C-hooped shells on the crestings of this pair of mirrors is in common with the work of James Moore (c. 1670-1726). A pair of mirrors which display very similar features and attributed to Moore was sold Sotheby's New York, 22 January 1999, lot 212. Moore, recorded as a cabinet-maker at Nottingham Court, Short's Gardens, St. Giles-in-the-Field, London was a partner of John Gumley and became one of the foremost cabinet-makers during the reigns of George I and George II. Appointed as Royal cabinet-maker he supplied gilt pier glasses, tables and candlestands for the Royal Palaces. Amongst these are several tables at Hampton Court that display very similar treatment to the moulded tapering leaves of the tendril decoration.