Pier glass
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Giltwood and glass
Collection
Rievaulx Terrace, North Yorkshire
NT 202013.2
Summary
One of a pair of matching George II pier glasses with carved gilt wooden frames, with swan-necked and female espagnolette mask crestings. Given by Sir Martyn Beckett.
Provenance
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the National Trust for display at Rievaulx Terrace, 1972.