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Lot 464

AN IRISH GEORGE IV CONVEX MIRROR
By Kearney of Dublin, the deeply moulded frame with a design of scrolling tendrils and hops, the mottled plate in an ebonised slip, the reverse with trade label of "KEARNEY, CARVER, GILDER & LOOKING GLASS MAKER/ to His Majesty/ & His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant/ No 49 Henry Street, DUBLIN".
Diameter 89cm

Estimate $7,000 - $10,000

Sold for $14,000

In very good condition with age expected discolouration to the gilding and the original convex silvered mirror. Joint lines evident in the frame.


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Leonard Joel makes no guarantee of the originality of mechanical or applied components. Absence of reference to such modifications does not imply that a lot is free from modifications.


Christie's Australia, March 24 1997, lot 493

The Collection of the Late John Schaeffer AO

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8381
1:00pm - 25 August 2020
36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra

VIEWING
Viewing in Sydney:
Thursday 20 - Monday 24 August, 10am - 4pm

Auction:
Session 1: 1:00pm (Lots 1-254)
Session 2: 6:00pm (Lots 300-517)

CONTACT
Hamish Clark
hamish.clark@leonardjoel.com.au


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