Lot 21W
A Regency giltwood pier glass, Admiral Lord Nelson, c.1800 25.5x18.5ins.(63x47cm)
15 April 2014, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge£5,000 - £8,000
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A Regency giltwood pier glass, Admiral Lord Nelson, c.1800
with moulded cornice above half pillared and ringed sides and top, with two floral rosettes. An inner ebonised reeded slip frame to the original silvered plate glass. 25.5x18.5ins.(63x47cm)
Footnotes
Provenance:
By direct descent from Nelson's second sister, Catherine, later Mrs George Matcham, to her Great, great grandson Captain Eric Nelson Carter, of the Essex Regiment. Purchased by Valentina Ffrench of 32 Leonard Court, London W8 in September 1950. (Detail from framed paper slip, formerly behind mirror)
Believed orignally purchased by Emma Hamilton for the refurbishment of Merton Place, Surrey, in 1801, when it was recorded by Lord Minto that she had decorated the rooms with many mirrors to make the rooms appear larger.
The whole house, staircase and all is covered with nothing but pictures of her and him, of all sizes and sorts, and representations of his Naval actions, coats of arms, pieces of plate in his honour, an excess of vanity that counteracts its purpose..