Historic Iris Court Sale | May 28, 2025
Wed, May 28, 2025 10:00AM EDT
Lot 33
Rare and Exceptional Pair of Classical Giltwood Looking Glasses with Eagle Finials
Estimate: $40,000 - $60,000
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $25 |
| $100 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
Boston, circa 1820, retaining their original gilding and mirror plates, 72 x 40-1/2 in.
Provenance: Ginsburg & Levy, Inc., New York; Mr. Charles O. Smith, Jr., Moultrie, Georgia; Sotheby's, New York, Important American Furniture and Related Decorative Arts, January 27, 1983, sale 5001, lot 359 (accompanied by copy of receipt for $82,500); Virginia F. White Interiors, Atlanta, Georgia; The Furnishings from Historic Iris Court: An Important Edward Vason Jones Interior
Exhibited: According to William R. Mitchell, Jr.'s book on Edward Vason Jones, these mirrors were exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, ( n.d.) Mitchell, William R., and Van Jones Martin. 1995. Edward Vason Jones, 1909-1980 : Architect, Connoisseur, and Collector. [Savannah, Ga.], Athens, GA: Martin-St. Martin Pub. Co. ; Distributed by the University of Georgia Press, page 125.
Two closely related mirrors, surmounted by shells rather than eagles, are illustrated in Boston in the Age of Neo-Classicism, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 1999, catalog no. 12.
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Ginsburg & Levy, Inc., New York; Mr. Charles O. Smith, Jr., Moultrie, Georgia; Sotheby's, New York, Important American Furniture and Related Decorative Arts, January 27, 1983, sale 5001, lot 359 (accompanied by copy of receipt for $82,500); Virginia F. White Interiors, Atlanta, Georgia; The Furnishings from Historic Iris Court: An Important Edward Vason Jones Interior
very fine state of preservation, appear to retain their original gilding and mirror plates (not removed for exam), minor repairs to carved elements with minor breaks and losses at leaf tips, scattered minor paint retouch
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