A George III gilt-brass mounted enamel toilet mirror, circa 1775, the enamel by William Hopkins Craft, the mounts attributed to James Cox

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A George III gilt-brass mounted enamel toilet mirror

circa 1775, the enamel by William Hopkins Craft, the mounts attributed to James Cox

the giltwood frame surmounted by a garland and a double oval frame with a pivoting portrait miniature of Queen Charlotte, after Thomas Frye (1710–1762) with a mirror to the obverse, the enamel plaque signed lower right W H Craft., the spandrels ornamented with blue and red glass with facetted silver backing in imitation of enamel, the frame pivoting to reveal a mirror on the reverse with a panelled blue glass border, the giltwood frame with a gadrooned edge flanked by candlesticks in the form of vases on plinths with gilt-brass nozzles, on a concave plinth base with a laurel swag in the centre and laurel leaf moulding below

overall 77.5cm. high, 29cm. wide, 18cm. deep; 2ft. 7in., 11 1/2 in., 7in.