Classic Design Including Property of the Marquess of Anglesey
Classic Design Including Property of the Marquess of Anglesey
The Property of the Marquess of Anglesey from the Private Apartment at Plas Newydd
A George III arched marginal pier mirror, late 18th century
Lot Closed
April 11, 01:15 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
of architectural form, with a bevelled arched plate above a bevelled rectangular plate, and plain margin plates, the mirror glass could be earlier, with carton-pierre bead and reel and cabouchon and foliate borders, later green and gold painted but with traces of original gilt surface
232cm high, 101cm wide; 7ft. 7 1/4in, 3ft. 3 3/4in.
Possibly Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Bart. (1709–1782) or more likely his son, Henry Bayly-Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge (1744–1812).
Lofts & Warner, London, An Inventory and Valuation […] At Plas Newydd, Anglesey, 1948, p.19, in the Cotton Bedroom, ‘An Arched top 2 panel Vauxhall plate mirror in carved gilt-green and gilt mirror bordered frame, 7ft. 6in high by 3ft. 5in wide' (Private Family Archive).
This mirror may well incorporate earlier plates, as the 18th and 19th century practice for re-using costly glass was not uncommon. The piece is architectural in nature, like a large wall panel, and it may well have been integral to a long lost decorative scheme in one of the Paget houses and possibly had a pier table ensuite. The family used the very best architects and designers. Between 1789-93 John Linnell (1729-1796) produced amongst other designs a large architectural organ case and chimneypiece for the family's London town house, Uxbridge House on Burlington Gardens.