A Fine Pair of Early 19thC Italian Walnut & Mercury Glass Wall Mirrors; Ex William Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby (1927-2023) antiques Back in the 1800's

Back in the 1800's

The quality of the casting here suggests this foundry may well have created this pair

the heavy lead glass with some foxing and the oak reeded surround painted in two shades

studied with Sir Peter Lely and effectively took over the business for the seven years between Lely’s death in 1680 and his own in 1687 (aged only thirty one)

A Fine Pair of Early 19thC Italian Walnut & Mercury Glass Wall Mirrors; Ex William Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby (1927-2023) antiques Back in the 1800'sOrigin: Italian Period: Early 19thC Provenance: Estate of the late William Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby (1927 2023) Date: c. 1800 25 Height: 16 Width: 10 Depth: 1 The beautifully evocative wall mirrors, retaining the original mercury glass, now wonderfully foxed, each of sectioned walnut tabernacle form with architectural tops, the wholes surviving from the first quarter of nineteenth century Italy and from the estate of the late William Lloyd