Mirror
Category
Mirrors
Date
1730
Materials
Walnut veneer, giltwood, gesso, gilding and silvered glass
Measurements
1080 x 670 mm
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Benthall Hall, Shropshire
NT 509690
Summary
George I walnut mirror, broken arch pediment decorated with giltwood scrolling foliage above rectangular glass in rectangular frame with shaped base, giltwood foliate borders. 1730 (circa).
Provenance
Made in 1730. Owned by Mary Clementina Benthall (1879-1960) and recorded in the 1957 list of pictures, furniture etc suggested for retention at Benthall Hall by the National Trust. Transferred to the ownership of the National Trust with the contents of Benthall Hall in the Deed Of Gift made by Mary Clementina Benthall and dated 8th August 1958. Recorded in the Inventory Of National Trust Property At Benthall Hall dated 1st October 1963