A SPANISH PARCEL-GILT SILVER TOILET-MIRROR FROM THE SERVICE OF MARIA ISABEL OF PORTUGAL, QUEEN OF SPAIN
MARK OF REAL FABRICA DE PLATERIA DE MARTINEZ, MADRID, 1815
The double-sided swivel mirror plate with canted angles surrounded by a border of applied flower-heads and vines, with laurel leaf, oak leaf and acorn cresting surmounted by two doves, flanked by Doric columns with winged Cupid finials, the front of the plinth with a frieze of putto sat astride hippocampi flanked by masks, centring the applied cast Royal arms of Spain below cast doves and the Royal crown, the back with a frieze cast as seated dogs amid trailing foliage, further applied with the Royal arms, marked on one side
36½ in. (92.5 cm.) high
34¼ in. (87 cm.) wide
The arms are those of León quartering Castile with Bourbon in pretence for Maria Isabel of Portugal, Queen of Spain (1797-1818), daughter of John VI of Portugal and his wife Carlota Joaquina of Spain and sister of Pedro I of Brazil. She married, in 1815, King Ferdinand VII of Spain.
A SPANISH PARCEL-GILT SILVER TOILET-MIRROR FROM THE SERVICE OF MARIA ISABEL OF PORTUGAL, QUEEN OF SPAIN
MARK OF REAL FABRICA DE PLATERIA DE MARTINEZ, MADRID, 1815
The double-sided swivel mirror plate with canted angles surrounded by a border of applied flower-heads and vines, with laurel leaf, oak leaf and acorn cresting surmounted by two doves, flanked by Doric columns with winged Cupid finials, the front of the plinth with a frieze of putto sat astride hippocampi flanked by masks, centring the applied cast Royal arms of Spain below cast doves and the Royal crown, the back with a frieze cast as seated dogs amid trailing foliage, further applied with the Royal arms, marked on one side
36½ in. (92.5 cm.) high
34¼ in. (87 cm.) wide
The arms are those of León quartering Castile with Bourbon in pretence for Maria Isabel of Portugal, Queen of Spain (1797-1818), daughter of John VI of Portugal and his wife Carlota Joaquina of Spain and sister of Pedro I of Brazil. She married, in 1815, King Ferdinand VII of Spain.