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Description: George I Gilt-Gesso and Giltwood Pier Mirror
Circa 1720, in the manner of John Belchier
The beveled two-part mirror plate with star-cut upper section within a molded frame with flowerhead and foliate-carved reserves and surmounted by a cresting centered by a plume with three acanthus terminals flanked by eagles'' head above scrolling foliage and pea shoot vines, the serpentine apron with a central shell and two brass candle arms.
Height 71 inches (1.80 m), width 24 3/4 inches (62.8 cm).
The present mirror is of a form described as a ''sconce'' in the 18th century, which differed from that of a candle branch because of its decorative backpiece, often made of lacquered brass, silvered brass, and carved and gilded wood; see Adam Bowett,
Early Georgian Furniture 1715-1740, Woodbridge, 2009, pp. 277-283. Mirrored glass sconces began to be produced in the early 18th century and are found at Boughton House and Drayton Hall, Bowett,
ibid., pp. 278-9. Their popularity was probably due to the 1720s fashion for using them instead of candle stands between windows. For a related sconce with mirrored borders and supplied for Erddig, Wrexham, Wales, by John Belchier in 1724 see Bowett,
ibid., p. 281, pl. 6:29. John Belchier (d. 1753) is listed in 1717 as a cabinet maker at ''The Sun'' on the south side of St. Paul''s Churchyard.
The Noel and Harriette Levine Collection