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THE MOLLER PIER GLASSES

Ronald Phillips Ltd

Date 1720

Period 1600-1750, 18th century

Origin England

Medium Giltwood, Gesso

Dimension 145 x 65.5 x 23 cm (57¹/₈ x 25³/₄ x 9 inches)

A pair of George I carved giltwood and gesso mirrors.  Note: The mirrors retain the original bevelled mirror plates and border glasses and virtually all the original gilding. The lion crestings and scrolled glass candle arms are of later date.

Date: 1720

Period: 1600-1750, 18th century

Origin: England

Medium: Giltwood, Gesso

Dimension: 145 x 65.5 x 23 cm (57¹/₈ x 25³/₄ x 9 inches)

Provenance: The Moller Collection (formed under the guidance of R. W. Symonds).
Private collection, New York, USA.

Literature: Illustrated:
R. W. Symonds, Furniture Making in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century England, 1955, p. 152, fig. 207.
Graham Child, World Mirrors 1650-1900, 1990, p. 74, pl. 44.

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