CIRCA 1720

Details

A GERMAN ENGRAVED GLASS MIRROR
CIRCA 1720
With elaborately engraved and shaped crest above shaped rectangular mirror
59 in. (150 cm.) high, 20 ¾ in. (53 cm.) wide

Special notice

Please note this lot will be moved to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services (CFASS in Red Hook, Brooklyn) at 5pm on the last day of the sale. Lots may not be collected during the day of their move to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services. Please consult the Lot Collection Notice for collection information. This sheet is available from the Bidder Registration staff, Purchaser Payments or the Packing Desk and will be sent with your invoice.

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Lot Essay

With its similar cartouche-shaped cresting, entirely glass corpus, and lobed finials, this lot relates to a large engraved glass mirror previously in the collection of Eugène-Philipe de Mérode and subsequently in that of the Earl of Rosebery at Mentmore and attributed to the Spiegelmanufaktur Lohr am Main sold The Exceptional Sale; Christie's, New York, 11 December 2014, lot 42 ($209,000).

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