Adam's Country House Collections Day II - 10th October 2023

130 465 AN IMPORTANT IRISH CARVED ROCOCO GILTWOOD MIRROR IN THE CHINOISERIE TASTE, C.1760 the rectangular plate within an architectural surround headed by obelisks to either side, the tall open scrolled cresting surmounted by a pagoda with central urn of flowers, the open scroll and floral pendant sides capped by seated squirrels eating nuts, and supported on scrolling stylised dolphins, the rockwork apron centred by a group of lambs. 177cm high x 103cm wide Literature: See Glin & Peill, Irish Furniture , Yale 2007 catalogue number 238 showing the Clanwilliam House mirror of the 1760s with a similar pair of squirrels perched in the upper corners € 15,000 - 20,000