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A George III Gilt-Decorated and Painted Pine Overmantel Mirror, circa 1801

Auction Closed

April 21, 08:50 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A George III Gilt-Decorated and Painted Pine Overmantel Mirror

circa 1801


34¼ x 58½ in. (87 x 148.6 cm.)

William Jacobs, Newton, Massachusetts
Edward and Cassandra Stone, Boston, Massachusetts
Wolf Family Collection No. 480 (acquired from the above on August 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.