A GEORGE I GILTWOOD MIRROR, CIRCA 1720

A GEORGE I GILTWOOD MIRROR
CIRCA 1720
The rectangular bevelled plate below a scrolled broken pediment cresting centred by a cartouche with a grotesque mask below a shell, the frieze with bands of stiff leaves centred by a further mask, the waved apron carved with oak and acorn swags issuing from eagle's heads, re-gilt, the plate 18th century and apparently original
70 ½ in. (179 cm.) high; 38 in. (96.5 cm.) wide

Provenance

Possibly commissioned by Sir George Bowes (d. 1760) for either Streatlam Castle or Gibside, County Durham.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 19 October 2001, lot 287.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 23 November 2006, lot 55.