Beschreibung:

A GEORGE II GILTWOOD AND PAINTED MIRROR, the painting attributed to Andien de Clermont the cartouche-shaped plate in sixteen sections and painted with winged putti climbing amidst a trellis of floral garlands, the frame boldly-carved overall with pierced rockwork, scrolls and palm fronds entwined with floral trails, the cresting centred by a foliate spray flanked by inverted scrolls hung with rockwork lambrequin and floral swags, the sides with dragon finials and mounted with birds, the conforming apron with shell centre and basket-of-flower angles, the painted mirror plates early 1730's, the frame early-1750's, the whole mounted on a part green-painted pine backboard, re-gilt and traces of oil gilding, minor restorations to the painted surfaces, one plate replaced and redecorated, one plate cracked, the front of the backboard inscribed in chalk Wantage and Want , with printed paper label giving assembly details of ROCHELLE THOMAS THE GEORGIAN GALLERIES 10,11,12 KING STREET, ST.JAMES'S, LONDON, SW, with two further paper assembly labels, one referring to the CAERNARVON GLASS, the backboard itself inscribed in ink BROUGHT TO AUSTRALIA IN 1909 BY LADY HEDLEY (SIC) FOR WHICH SHE PAID 1000 GNS and with the signatures of Neville Marsh, Robert Nairne, Stanley Lipscombe all dated 1960, further inscribed in ink Removed from 124 Wolsely Road Point Piper 29/9/77 and ink-stamped Christopher Davis 390 Glenmore Road Paddington N.S.W. 2031 111 x 79in. (282 x 201cm.)