Picture mirror
Category
Glass
Date
Unknown
Materials
Gilt, Silvered glass, Wood
Order this imageCollection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 1270907.1
Summary
One of a pair of Chinese rectangular mirror pictures, painted in colours with birds perched on flowering branches on mirror grounds, wooden frame with gilt-metal decoration.
Provenance
Accepted by H.M. Treasury in lieu of estate duties following the death of Thomas Edward Anson (1883 – 1960) the 4th Earl of Lichfield and given on loan to The National Trust for display at Shugborough Hall in March 1966. Transferred as a gift to The National Trust by H.M. Treasury on the 30th October 1984.