A George III Gilt-Decorated and Painted Pine Overmantel Mirror, circa 1801
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April 21, 08:50 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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A George III Gilt-Decorated and Painted Pine Overmantel Mirror
circa 1801
34¼ x 58½ in. (87 x 148.6 cm.)
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William Jacobs, Newton, Massachusetts Edward and Cassandra Stone, Boston, Massachusetts Wolf Family Collection No. 480 (acquired from the above onAugust 5, 1980)
A similar overmantel mirror hung in the Pierce Nichols House in Salem, Massachusetts and is pictured in Edgar G. Miller, Jr., American Antique Furniture, pl. 1231, p. 673. Wood samples from the reverse side were sent to Harry Alden for testing and determined to be red pine.