Live Auction 5356Christie's Interiors
A GUSTAVIAN PAINTED AND GILTWOOD MIRROR
Lot 2

A GUSTAVIAN PAINTED AND GILTWOOD MIRROR

IN THE MANNER OF JOHAN AKERBLAD, LATE 18TH CENTURY

Closed3 June 2008

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GBP 3,000

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A GUSTAVIAN PAINTED AND GILTWOOD MIRROR
IN THE MANNER OF JOHAN AKERBLAD, LATE 18TH CENTURY
The divided rectangular plate surmounted by a pierced foliate cresting centring a medallion depicting the profile of the goddess Athena below a wheat-sheaf finial
29¾ in. (75.5 cm.) high; 12¼ in. (31 cm.) wide

Specialist note

Johan Akerblad was a mirror maker in Stockholm active between 1728-99. Similar mirrors are illustrated in Speglar by Torsten Sylven and Elsebeth Welander-Berggren, pp 244-5.