A Charles II silver-mounted mirror Maker's mark only of William Fowle circa 1683 Rectangular with detachable serpentine cresting, with reeded silver mounts chased with a chinoiserie border of stylised flowers, foliage, fruit and birds, applied with acanthus leaves at the angles, the cresting repoussée and chased with scrolling foliage and a central foliate wreath above a chased chinoiserie scene of figures in a landscape with temples, trees, birds, ornamental gates and flowering foliage, the wreath later engraved with a coat-of-arms, the wooden frame with adjustable easel back, with later bevelled mirror and wood back, marked on side with maker's mark only, also engraved with scratchweight '33-5' 23¼in. (59cm.) high The arms are those of Grenville quartering Leofric, Temple, Brooke and Nugent with Nugent in pretence for George Grenville, 3rd Earl Temple and 1st Marquess of Buckingham (1753-1813) K.G. and his wife Lady Mary Elizabeth Nugent, elder daughter and co-heir, with her sister Lady Louisa Nugent, of The Earl Nugent, whom he married in 1775 For the same maker's mark see Ian Pickford, ed., Jackson's Silver & Gold Marks of England, Scotland and Ireland , 1989, p.139
A Charles II silver-mounted mirror Maker's mark only of William Fowle circa 1683 Rectangular with detachable serpentine cresting, with reeded silver mounts chased with a chinoiserie border of stylised flowers, foliage, fruit and birds, applied with acanthus leaves at the angles, the cresting repoussée and chased with scrolling foliage and a central foliate wreath above a chased chinoiserie scene of figures in a landscape with temples, trees, birds, ornamental gates and flowering foliage, the wreath later engraved with a coat-of-arms, the wooden frame with adjustable easel back, with later bevelled mirror and wood back, marked on side with maker's mark only, also engraved with scratchweight '33-5' 23¼in. (59cm.) high The arms are those of Grenville quartering Leofric, Temple, Brooke and Nugent with Nugent in pretence for George Grenville, 3rd Earl Temple and 1st Marquess of Buckingham (1753-1813) K.G. and his wife Lady Mary Elizabeth Nugent, elder daughter and co-heir, with her sister Lady Louisa Nugent, of The Earl Nugent, whom he married in 1775 For the same maker's mark see Ian Pickford, ed., Jackson's Silver & Gold Marks of England, Scotland and Ireland , 1989, p.139
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