A REGENCY GILTWOOD CONVEX MIRROR

BY THOMAS FENTHAM, CIRCA 1810

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A REGENCY GILTWOOD CONVEX MIRROR
BY THOMAS FENTHAM, CIRCA 1810
With a seahorse perched on rockwork and flanked by serpents and issuing foliate scrolls above a molded lappet-carved circular frame and convex mirror plate, the apron with a shell and further foliage, the reverse elements all incised II and with paper trade label THO FENTHAM & CO. 136 STRAND NEAR SOMERSET HOUSE MANUFACTURORS OF LOOKING GLASSES CONVEX AND CONCAVE MIRRORS AND ALL SORTS OF PICTURE AND GLASS FOR FRAMES/GLASS FOR EXPORTATION
49½ in. (126 cm.) high, 30 in. (76 cm.) wide

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 11-12 April 1997, lot 461.

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Lot Essay

Thomas Fentham, carver, gilder, glass grinder and picture-frame maker, occupied several addresses in the Strand between 1774 and 1825. He worked from 136 The Strand between 1794-1820. His label appears on closely related convex mirrors illustrated in C.Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture: 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, pp. 28 and 204-205, figs. 344-347. A closely related girandole mirror was sold anonymously, Christie's, New York, 16 April 2002, lot 316.

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