American Renaissance Revival Parcel Gilt Pier Mirror with Console Base.
Auction Date: June 19, 2020
Estimate: Estimate: $600 - $1,000
Sold for: $1,140
Lot: 5115
New York.
Circa 1850.
Crest carved in high relief with female mask head symbolic of Columbia, before ovulos, scrolls and under acorn to top, upper corners carved in low relief, and with Corinthian columns to either side. Shaped console base with marble top.
None.
113 1/2H. x 49 1/4 W. x 17 D., the mirror the base 9 H. x 49 W. x 18 1/2 D..
Deaccessioned from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
The plate appears to be original, and has a band of rust/speckling at mirror midpoint. The plate is otherwise undamaged. The frame appears to be in good order, with some minor losses. The base has chipped gilding and plaster substrate, to rear support and repainted surface overall, losses to trim. The marble slab has been broken into three parts.