A GEORGE I GILTWOOD GIRANDOLE MIRROR, IN THE MANNER OF JOHN BELCHIER, CIRCA 1725

A GEORGE I GILTWOOD GIRANDOLE MIRROR IN THE MANNER OF JOHN BELCHIER, CIRCA 1725 156cm high, 78cm wide John Belchier (d.1753) is first listed in 1717 as a cabinet-maker at 'The Sun' on the south side of St. Paul's Church yard and described himself as 'a cabinet and looking glass-maker' who 'grinds and makes all sorts of fine peer and chimney glasses and glass sconces.... at reasonable rates'. His most significant commission was for John Mellor at Erddig, Wales, a commission which included a state bed, pier tables, and numerous pier glasses, along with an impressive bureau-cabinet. Significantly it is Belchier's bureau cabinets that are most frequently labelled, and due to his ability to work with glass all have mirrored doors to the cabinet sections. His work at Erddig is discussed by Martin Drury, 'Early Eighteenth Century Furniture at Erddig', Apollo, July 1978, pp. 46-48, in which many of the pier-mirrors are illustrated. Condition Report: Overall there are some scratches, marks, chips, cracks and abrasions consistent with age and use.There is some aging and craquelure to the gilding. There are some repairs some with fine visible cracks and with some later gilding. The mirror plates are probably not original though finely bevelled. There is some evidence of old worm.The crest with a later brace support.Impressive design, execution and design.Please see all the additional condition report photographs through the link on the condition report email as a visual reference of condition - they are a vital part of this report. Condition Report Disclaimer