A PAIR OF IRISH GEORGE II GILTWOOD AND GILT-GESSO PIER GLASSES, CIRCA 1740
Auction Closed
November 10, 04:34 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A PAIR OF IRISH GEORGE II GILTWOOD AND GILT-GESSO PIER GLASSES, CIRCA 1740
each surmounted by a broken-swan-neck pediment with a crest in the form of a martlet, with scrolls and foliage to the apron and sides, re-gilt
120cm. high, 68cm. wide; 3ft. 11¼in., 2ft. 2¾in.
Supplied to either Sankey Winter, Archdeacon of Killala and Dean of Kildare (d.1736) for his Dublin house or his brother, Francis Winter (d.1743) and by descent in the Winter family at Agher House, Co. Meath until the house was demolished in 1947 when they were acquired by the collector, Hamilton Hunter;
Anonymous sale, HOK Replica Handbags , Dublin, 17 June 2004, lot 322
Illustrated in The Knight of Glin and James Peill, Irish Furniture, 2007, pl. 217