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Irish Regency Giltwood and Ebonised Four-Light Girandole Mirror, 19th Century

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An Irish Regency giltwood and ebonised four-light girandole, signed and dated verso Arthur Williams Irish Convex Mirror Signed and dated verso Arthur Williams, July 10th, 1815 Williams is a craftsman known to have worked for Richard Jackson of Dublin. Jackson’s primary output was mirror frames, the firm supplied clients such as the Earl of Aldborough A similar mirror by Arthur Williams for Richard Jackson see Knight of Glin Irish Furniuture, Fig 251, Page 268 Two other associated convex mirrors on view in the Bishop’s Palace, Waterford. The backboard carries an inscription in pencil, Arthur Williams, July 12 1815 The girandole has some restorations and re-gilding. The glass has been replaced but we retain the original. An Irish Regency giltwood and ebonised four-light girandole, signed and dated verso Arthur Williams, July 10th, 1819, Williams is a craftsman known to have worked for Richard Jackson of Dublin, circular convex plate in a plain ebonised slip with moulded and rope bound frame above a scrolled and tied triadic foliate apron, echoed in the tied foliate scrolls of the cresting and the elegant tied foliate scrolls supporting the plinth above, pendant acorns to either side, the whole crested by a fine eagle with outspread wings, his talons clasping a rocky base and having the six tasselled and beaded chains gathered into his powerful beak. Graceful foliate scrolls terminate in lion mask finials to either side with a further pair of lion masks on squared backs topped by scrolled flaming torches with tied oak leaves beneath, each lion mask holding a beaded and tasselled chain, then below a pair of elegant scrolling double gilt bronze candle arms supporting gilt bronze candle cups having cut glass bobeches with surrounding pendant prisms. The girandole has some restorations and re-gilding. The glass has been replaced but we retain the original. The backboard carries an inscription in pencil, Arthur Williams, July 12 1815/19 Richard Jackson (fl.1786-1827) owned the Looking Glass Warehouse on Essex Bridge, Dublin. The Jacksons were a family of carvers, gilders and looking glass manufacturers established by Thomas Jackson at no.5 Essex Bridge sometime in the 1740s, Jackson supplied significant glass and girandoles to the Earl of Aldborough, c.1793-98, for his magnificent Dublin townhouse, including: a large Chemney Glass w’th Ornam’t & arms for 4 Candles, £18 10s’ (The Knight of Glin & James Peill Irish Furniture Yale 2007 p.168) The signature of Arthur Williams appears on at least one girandole carrying the Jackson label. It is thought most likely he was a member of the family that later became Mack, Williams and Gibton. A pair of convex girandoles with the Jackson of Dublin label, accompanied by an inscription on the reverse, ‘Arthur Williams Sept 29 1807’, was sold anonymously at Christie’s in 1997 (Important English Furniture 13 November, lot 124). The girandole has provenance to Prehen House, Co. Derry, a Listed Grade A mansion, built in 1740 for Colonel Andrew Knox (1709-74), MP for Co. Donegal, and described as perhaps the finest early Georgian country house in Northern Ireland. The Knox family lost ownership of Prehen House in 1914 and by the early 1970s the house was on the verge of dereliction. It was saved by the intervention of Julián Peck, son of Winifred Knox, and his American-born wife Carola: the couple responsible for the fine restoration of Rathbeale Hall (c.1734-51), Co. Dublin. Carola Peck, a dedicated member of the Irish Georgian Society with a comprehensive knowledge of early 18th Century interiors and furnishings, determinedly sought out the best and most apposite pieces for such an important house as Prehen. Additional information: Origin: Ireland Period: Circa 1815, 19th Century Style: Regency Dimensions: Depth: 35 cm (13.78 inches) Height: 158 cm (62.20 inches) Width: 117 cm (46.06 inches)

Dimensions:
Height: 62.21 in (158 cm)Width: 46.07 in (117 cm)Depth: 13.78 in (35 cm)
Style:
Regency (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Giltwood,Ebonized
Place of Origin:
Ireland, Republic of
Period:
19th Century
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1815
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
London, GB
Reference Number:
Seller: 234191stDibs: LU1204232889912

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