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Lot 21TP
A late George II or early George III giltwood pier mirror 1755-1765
5 July 2024, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£8,000 - £12,000
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A late George II or early George III giltwood pier mirror
1755-1765
The later plate within an elongated scroll, bulrush, pierced rocaille, scrolled acanthus, floral and C-scroll surround with an upper horizontal division carved with flowers and scrolls centred by a cabochon, surmounted by two addorsed C-scrolls with a floral and foliate branch-entwined rocaille wrapped foliate C-scroll adorned pierced cresting, re-gilt, the reverse applied with a rare and highly detailed restorer's invoice dating to 16 July 1925, 158.5cm high x 64.5cm wide.
The later plate within an elongated scroll, bulrush, pierced rocaille, scrolled acanthus, floral and C-scroll surround with an upper horizontal division carved with flowers and scrolls centred by a cabochon, surmounted by two addorsed C-scrolls with a floral and foliate branch-entwined rocaille wrapped foliate C-scroll adorned pierced cresting, re-gilt, the reverse applied with a rare and highly detailed restorer's invoice dating to 16 July 1925, 158.5cm high x 64.5cm wide.
Footnotes
Provenance
Prior to 1925, the offered lot evidently formed part of the collection of Percy Macquoid, the renowned English furniture and decorative arts academic, author, connoisseur and collector.
Subsequently, the present mirror sold Christie's, London, 30 June 1925, when it was offered as part of the Macquoid collection.
It was purchased at this auction by Mrs Harold Martin for her family estate at Nether Hall, Pakenham, Bury St. Edmunds, in Suffolk.
Illustrated
The mirror appears illustrated in R. Edwards and P. Macquoid, The Dictionary of English Furniture, Vol. II, the revised and enlarged edition by R. Edwards, 2000, New York, fig. 77, p. 341.
An invoice applied to the rear of this lot indicates that it was restored in 1925 by Albert Amor for the sum of £44.10 (approximately £3,000 in today's money) on behalf of Mrs Harold Martin of Nether Hall, Packenham, near Bury St. Edmunds.
Nether Hall
During the 13th century Nether Hall was the home of the De Pakenham family, who were ancestors of the Earl of Longford. It changed hands many times over the next few centuries, most notably becoming the family seat of the Greene baronets. Sir Edward Greene, 1st Baronet, was part of a successful brewing dynasty that would later develop into the Greene King Brewery Company that still flourishes today whilst Sir Edward even went on to serve as an MP.
Upon the death of his father in 1920, Sir Walter Raymond Greene, 2nd Baronet, inherited the estate. Throughout Sir Walter's own political career he was also renowned for his sense of humour. A former footman from Sir Walter's era recalls being instructed to fit the earliest form of car horn underneath unsuspecting guests' chairs in the drawing room of Nether Hall. Sir Walter eventually sold the estate to a Mr Edwards and then subsequently to the Martin family, who converted it into a country club.
Reference
www.pakenham-village.co.uk, "Pakenham History: The History of Nether Hall" taken from W.R. Rayner, The History of Nether Hall and the Various Owners, care of the Nether Hall Country Club.