18th Sep, 2021 10:30

The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

 
  Lot 1349
 

A PAIR OF GILT UPRIGHT WALL MIRRORS OF CHIPPENDALE DESIGN

PAIR OF GILT UPRIGHT WALL MIRRORS OF CHIPPENDALE DESIGN,
with pagoda cresting, C scroll and leaf moulded frieze, upright plate below in an openwork frame with entwined vines, with repeating C scroll apron, 158cm high
Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

 

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Sold for £3,600
Estimated at £800 - £1,200


Condition Report
One mirror entire pagoda section has been off and reattached, lost item originally 'in' pagoda section, further chips, splits, losses and rubbing to detail throughout; the second apparently better condition, does have an area of probable repair upper left and a split through vertical section beneath pagoda, see fifth and sixth images, a chip and loss to moulding lower right, see seventh image, some further chips and splits but less extensive than the other mirror

 
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