Gilt overmantel with a cresting swan
George Jackson & Sons Ltd
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
circa 1876
Materials
Limewood
Measurements
2500 mm (H); 2500 mm (W)
Place of origin
London
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Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 435155.1
Summary
Limewood, carved and gilt applique overmantel, probably George Jackson & Sons, c.1876. Gilt limewood overmantel with garlands of fruit, flowers and foliage, central swags and a cresting swan in flight.
Full description
The gilt overmantel is probably by the firm George Jackson & Sons, established in 1780 to produce architectural ornaments like moulded plasterwork and woodcarvings. The overmantel is believed to date from around 1876 when the 3rd Earl Brownlow (1844-1921) installed to compliment a recently purchased set of decorative canvases by Melchoir d’Hondecoeter (1636-95). Jackson & Sons also went on to produce the set of four gilt wall drops in the Hondecoeter Room as well as the gilt overmantel in the Tyrconnel Room (NT 434857). Alice Rylance-Watson October 2018
Provenance
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) from Edward John Peregrine Cust, 7th Baron Brownlow, C. St J. (b.1936) in 1984.
Credit line
Belton House, The Brownlow Collection (acquired with the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund by the National Trust in 1994)
Makers and roles
George Jackson & Sons Ltd, architectural ornamentalists