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the triangular open pediment with carved urn, above a compartmented mirror, flanked by fluted Corinthian columns, above scaled scroll brack-
ets. 185 x 110cm
The Bookers, father and sons, are recorded in premises in Essex Bridge, Dublin from 1715. Francis Booker became Lord Mayor of Dublin in
1772 and died later that year, leaving his brother John to continue with the business in their shop in Essex Bridge until 1786 when he moved to
Jervis Street. He died three years later in 1789 and the experience and craftsmanship of two generations of Irish looking-glass sellers died with
him.
This mirror is very close in form to designs by William Jones in his ‘The Gentleman’s or Builders Companion’ containing a variety of useful de-
signs for doors, gateways, peers, pavilion, temples, chimney-piece, slab tables, pier glasses, or tabernacle frames, ceiling pieces, etc., 1739 (see
Glin and Peill, Irish Furniture, fig. 193). It also belongs to a documented group of similar mirrors by the Brooker brothers, formerly at Charleville,
Enniskerry, and in the collection of the Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, amongst others. (See Glin and Peill, Irish Furniture, fig. 194, cat. nos. 224-
226.)
Related mirrors include one from the ‘Collection of The Knight of Glin, Glin Castle’, sold Christie’s London, 7 May 2009, lot 51 (£61,650 including
premium), another, Christie’s, London, 9 June 2011, lot 281 (£49,250 including premium), another, Christie’s, London 14 November 2013, lot 5
(£68,500 including premium) and another Christies, London 13 November 2014, lot 60 (£80,500 including premium).
€ 20,000 - 30,000