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A George III Mahogany Mirror
Estimate: $1,500-$3,000
Sold
$9,000
Live Auction
Selections of Fine Americana from the Millhiser Collection
Description

A George III Mahogany Mirror

Late 18th Century

Height 40 x width 20 inches.

Condition
presents nicely, with wonderful figuring to mahogany; with several repaired breaks and/or replaced elements to ears and scrolls commensurate with age, the reverse revealing some later braces to subject repairs; the inner gesso and gilded border with some rubbing and loss to gilding; some age cracks to back side; appears to retain original lower half of backboard, the upper backboard with different oxidation color, may be later; the glass plate is a replacement, although it does have some age, as revealed by some dark inclusions, confined mostly to bottom half and right-facing side
Provenance
Provenance:Purchased from J. K. Beard, Richmond, Virginia,E. Ross (1894-1971) and Bessie S. Millhiser (1895-1987), Richmond, Virginia,Kenneth (1924-2021) and Katherine Millhiser (b. 1937), Piedmont, California.