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Mirror

1814-15 (marked)
Artist/Maker
Storr, Paul (silversmiths)
Place of origin
London (assayed)

Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.


Object details

Object type
Mirror
Materials and techniques
Cast and embossed silver, wood and mirror glass.
Silver
Wood
Reflective Glass
Casting
Embossing
Brief description
Mirror, London, silver, wood and reflective glass, Paul Storr, 1814-15.
Physical description
The mirror stands on an oblong base with incurved back and front and a foliate boss applied to the centre; it pivots at the midpoint of two fluted column supports, each with a bud finial and addorsed sphinxes seated at the base. The oval glass is in a rectangular frame that has a palmette border and is chased in the angles with acanthus foliage. A shell molding is applied to its lower border, and it is surmounted by a vacant laurel cartouche flanked by putti and surmounted by a ducal coronet. A foliate boss is applied to the center of the base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 85.5cm
  • Width: 54.2cm
  • Weight: 370oz
Credit line
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Object history
Provenance: The Dowager Lady Abercrombie. Sale, Sotheby's, lot 48, June 20, 1935. Purchased from Gibson Fine Art, Ltd., London., 1977.
Summary
Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.
Bibliographic reference
Schroder, Timothy. The Gilbert collection of gold and silver. Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) 1988, cat. no. 106, pp. 399-401. ISBN.0875871445
Other numbers
  • SG 93 - Arthur Gilbert Number
  • 1996.47 - The Gilbert Collection, Somerset House
  • MM 259 - Arthur Gilbert Number
  • 1996.629 - The Gilbert Collection, Somerset House
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
LOAN:GILBERT.976-2008

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Record createdJune 19, 2008
Record URL
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