A George III arched marginal pier mirror, late 18th century

of architectural form, with a bevelled arched plate above a bevelled rectangular plate, and plain margin plates, the mirror glass could be earlier, with carton-pierre bead and reel and cabouchon and foliate borders, later green and gold painted but with traces of original gilt surface

232cm high, 101cm wide; 7ft. 7 1/4in, 3ft. 3 3/4in.

Condition Report:
The mirror glass has the loveliest appearance - and is a watery grey colour. The frame re-decorated and evidence of historic repairs to frame. As some details out of line. Chips, old marks, some patches and losses to details on these decorative borders. Notable losses and nibbles to each lower corner.
Canvas back cloth verso appears to have some age.

Catalogue Note:
This mirror may well incorporate earlier plates, as the 18th and 19th century practice for re-using costly glass was not uncommon. The piece is architectural in nature, like a large wall panel, and it may well have been integral to a long lost decorative scheme in one of the Paget houses and possibly had a pier table ensuite. The family used the very best architects and designers. Between 1789-93 John Linnell (1729-1796) produced amongst other designs a large architectural organ case and chimneypiece for the family's London town house, Uxbridge House on Burlington Gardens.

Provenance:
Possibly Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Bart. (1709–1782) or more likely his son, Henry Bayly-Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge (1744–1812).