The rectangular later plate surrounded by a foliate slip and egg-and-dart border, the cresting with break-out corners and centred by an acanthus-clasped and garlanded scallop shell, the sides hung with bellflowers, the reverse with remains of printed label for 'Thomas Ponsonby / 17 Piccadilly, The Haymarket', previously gilded
49¹⁄₂ x 35 in. (126 x 89 cm.)

Acquired from Edward Hurst, July 2007.

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The mirror bears the label of Thomas Ponsonby, ‘carver gilder and glass grinder’, who was listed at the 17 Piccadilly address from 1802-1819. Ponsonby's label appears on a mid-Georgian mirror in the collection of the Duke of Northumberland that was restored by him circa 1825 (C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds,1996, p. 376, fig. 736). While not commonly known today, he received substantial patronage of the Royal family, with documented work at Buckingham Palace and Frogmore. (G. Beard and C. Gilbert, eds., Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, Leeds, 1986, p. 705).