Each large beveled plate surmounted by a swan's neck cresting and cartouche finials, the sides with pendant acorn and oak leaves, the scroll base with a pair of brass candlearms cast with masks and with gadrooned backplates, the cartouches probably replaced
64 in. (162.6 cm.) high, 42 in. (106.7 cm.) wide

The Estate of the Countess Mona Bismarck; Sotheby's, Monaco, 30 Nov - 2 Dec 1986, lot 818.
Acquired from Ronald A. Phillips, Ltd., London, in 2004.

Ronald Phillips, MIRRORS: 1660 to 1820, London, 2014, p. 252.

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