A Pretty George III Giltwood & Gesso Sectional Oval Wall Mirror c.1810 sub-Decorative Objects The best known English illustrations

The best known English illustrations of Georgian flower arrangements are those designed by the Flemish artist Peter Casteels (1684-1749) for a nursery catalog called The Twelve Months of Flowers (1730)

They could have even been strangers…

We have no reason to doubt the provenance of this piece and it fits perfectly well stylistically to the age and period of the building

imploring to be appreciated by a new lepidopterist

The rich mahogany stands having beehive turned reeded knops and incised foliate stems

A Pretty George III Giltwood & Gesso Sectional Oval Wall Mirror c.1810 sub-Decorative Objects The best known English illustrationsOrigin: English Period: George III Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1810 Height: 16 inches Width: 14 inches The George III period giltwood and gesso wall mirror having the original mirror plate in nine segments, the central oval glass surrounded by a gadrooned border and a further eight sections surrounded by a petal decorated frame, the whole with a good patination and colour, surviving from the first quarter of the nineteenth century. The mirror is in