A pair of giltwood and gilt-gesso mirrors, one George I, circa 1720, the other of a later date, in the manner of John Belchier

the period example re-gilt and with restorations

The Hon. George Vestey (d. 1968), Warter Priory, Yorkshire;
thence by descent until sold Christie's London, Important English Furniture, 10 July 2003, lot 9 (£26,290).

In good restored condition and ready to place. Shell cresting to Georgian mirror possibly later. Re-gilt and with later plate. Lacking detachable candle arms. An attractive pair of mirrors.
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The arch-crested mirror is designed in the early 18th century Roman fashion, and relates closely to a pier-glass designed in the early 1720s for Erddig, Wales (R. Edwards and M. Jourdain, Georgian Cabinet-Makers, London, 1955, fig. 36). The Erdigg mirror has been identified as the work of the St. Paul's Churchyard cabinet-maker John Belchier (d. 1753) (O. Garnett, Erddig, 1999, p. 48). A similar singular mirror is illustrated in Peter Brown, The Noel Terry Collection of Furniture and Clocks at Fairfax House York, York, 1987, p. 93.