Late 18th or early 19th century mirror in the manner of Chippendale – £26,000 at Dreweatt’s Flaxley Abbey sale.
An 8ft (2.44m) tall, late 18th or early 19th century example in the manner of Chippendale led the Flaxley Abbey mirrors, selling to an Asian bidder at £26,000 against a £6000-8000 estimate.
Other Flaxley lots going to UK buyers included a c.1750 pair of 5ft 1in (1.55m) tall ‘tabernacle frames’ in the manner of Matthias Lock (£24,000) and a late 17th century, 4ft 9in (1.46m) tall giltwood mirror featuring a Dutch royal crown surrounded by triumphant putti and symbols of war (£17,000).
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One of a pair of c.1685 kingwood oyster veneered mirrors in the manner of Thomas Pistor that sold for £38,000 at Dreweatts’ Chilham Castle auction.
The best-selling mirrors came from Chilham Castle: a matched pair of c.1685 kingwood oyster veneered mirrors in the manner of Thomas Pistor, one pictured above.
Unusually large for the period – one measuring 4ft 3in x 3ft 3in (1.3 x 1m), the other marginally smaller – they featured bevelled Vauxhall plates and moulded kingwood parquetry frames.
Commissioned during the 1670-78 rebuilding at Chirk Castle, Wrexham, they took £30,000 at Christie’s Chirk contents sale in 2004. At Dreweatts they made £38,000.
