Mirror
1720-1740 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Wall mirror, carved and gilt frame and original glass mirror plate.
Scroll pediment encloses an incomplete heraldic shield mantled with plumes above corkscrew scrolls. Dentil cornice above foliated frieze. Jambs edged with egg moulding and beyond by acorn and oak leaf pendants, enclosing a flat board decorated in low relief with foliage and with cell pattern, with key-pattern detail.
Scroll pediment encloses an incomplete heraldic shield mantled with plumes above corkscrew scrolls. Dentil cornice above foliated frieze. Jambs edged with egg moulding and beyond by acorn and oak leaf pendants, enclosing a flat board decorated in low relief with foliage and with cell pattern, with key-pattern detail.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | carved and gilt mirror |
| Brief description | Mirror, rectangular with scroll pediment, carved and gilded, English, 1720-1740 |
| Physical description | Wall mirror, carved and gilt frame and original glass mirror plate. Scroll pediment encloses an incomplete heraldic shield mantled with plumes above corkscrew scrolls. Dentil cornice above foliated frieze. Jambs edged with egg moulding and beyond by acorn and oak leaf pendants, enclosing a flat board decorated in low relief with foliage and with cell pattern, with key-pattern detail. |
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| Object history | Purchased by vendor at the sale by direction of the late Col. A.H.Vaughn-Lee, M.V.O of furniture at Dillington House Ilminster Som. Lot263/ |
| Other number | 2212/48 - RF number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | W.46-1948 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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