Live Auction 761419th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Works of Art and Ceramics
AN ITALIAN CARVED WALNUT MIRROR
Lot 46

AN ITALIAN CARVED WALNUT MIRROR

THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Closed24 September 2008

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GBP 8,125

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AN ITALIAN CARVED WALNUT MIRROR
THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The oval plate with beaded surround, the frame elaborately carved with dancing putti on a pierced vine clad cresting, centred to the base by an infant Pan flanked by musical attributes, with partially effaced indistinct signature to the lower-right
38 x 27 in. (96.5 x 68.5 cm.)

Specialist note

This mirror relates to the work of the sculptor Valentino Besarel (1829-1902) who was awarded a gold medal at the 1878 Paris Universelle Exposition and made a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur. A comparable mirror (illustrated) was shown at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition.