A Regency Green-Painted and Parcel-Gilt Pier Mirror, By Finnis & Co., London, Circa 1815
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February 1, 08:12 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A Regency Green-Painted and Parcel-Gilt Pier Mirror, By Finnis & Co., London, Circa 1815
with a printed label to the back: FINNIS AND CO., No. 19, BLACKMAN STREET, BOROUGH AND DEDICATED TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE PRINCESS OF WALES ; some later decoration, possibly once with a cresting
height 71 1/2 in.; width 50 in.
182 cm; 127 cm
Sotheby’s London, 10 November 1995, lot 150
Sotheby's New York, 4 April 2007, lot 79
C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, 1996, p. 28, 206, fig. 352.
Finnis & Co were carvers, gilders, and looking-glass manufacturers, recorded at various addresses in Southwark from 1804-40. The address given on the label here, 19 Blackman Street, was occupied by the firm in 1804-15 and again in 1820.