Live Auction 5971An English Look - Robert Kime, Piers von Westenholz, David Bedale and James Graham-Stewart
Christie’s roundel
Lot 99

A QUEEN ANNE GILT-GESSO PIER GLASS

CIRCA 1710

Closed8 July 2009

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GBP 34,850

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A QUEEN ANNE GILT-GESSO PIER GLASS
CIRCA 1710
With divided bevelled plates, the upper plate apparently original and re-silvered, the central lower plate later, the uprights of the frame constructed in two sections, previously with a cresting
101 in. (257 cm.) high; 40 in. (101.5 cm.) wide

The Ava Gardner Collection, sold Sotheby's London, 21 November 1990, lot 132.

Specialist note

Ava Gardner (d.1990), the American actress, moved to Spain in 1955 after marriages to Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw and Frank Sinatra and a relationship with Howard Hughes. Gardner spent her last twenty-two years in London. Many fans still consider her the most beautiful actress in Hollywood history.