Lot 476
SWEDISH NEOCLASSICAL GILT BRONZE MOUNTED MIRROR IN THE MANNER OF BURCHARD PRECHT
19TH CENTURY
Auction: 23 October 2013 at 12:00 BST
Description
the C-scroll framed cresting with gilt metal flowering urn finials above a shield shaped bevelled mirror plate, set within a moulded giltwood slip and conforming margin plates, all outlined in gilt metal
Dimensions
103cm wide, 148cm high
Footnote
Provenance: Property from an Edinburgh estate
Note: Burchard Precht was closely associated with the production of mirrors of high quality in Sweden in the early part of the 18th century, and numerous examples are attributed to either Burchard Precht (1651-1738) or his sons Gustav (d. 1763) and Christian (d. 1779). Originally from Bremen, Burchard Precht arrived in Stockholm in 1674 to work at Drottingholm Palace and was named carver to the court in 1682. In 1687-88 he travelled to Rome and Paris with the court architect Nicodemus Tessin, which strongly influenced his work. A similar example sold in these rooms with the contents of Blair Castle, 14 April, 2012, lot 584.