A Pair of George III Giltwood Pier Mirrors, Circa 1775
Auction Closed
February 8, 09:14 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
with urn crestings hung with berried leaf swags, above stiff-leaf beaded rosette-centred tablets hung with garlands suspended from anthemia, the frames with stiff-lead, beaded, fluted and guilloche moulding, the single-plate mirrors possibly original and re-silvered, previously but probably not originally painted, now re-gilt
height 103 in.; width 43 in.
261.5 cm; 109 cm
Probably commissioned by John Smith for the Drawing Room at Combe Hay Manor, Somerset c.1775;
By descent to his son, Colonel Smith Leigh (died without issue 1833);
Sold with the house to Samuel Butler, c.1833;
Sold with the house to Mr Smart;
Thence by descent to his son George Smart (d.1939);
Sold with the house to Mr and Mrs Charles Robertson, 1939;
Sotheby's, The Charles & Barbara Robertson Collection: The Contents of Combe Hay, 16 December 2002, lot 127;
Pelham Galleries, London;
From whom acquired by Aso O. Tavitian, 23 October 2003.
G. Nares, 'Combe Hay Manor, Somerset – II', Country Life, 16 March 1951, p.784, fig.5.
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