A Large Mid-20thC Czech Convex Railway Mirror c.1950-60

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A Large Mid-20thC Czech Convex Railway Mirror c.1950-60Origin: Czech Republic Period: Mid 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1950 60 Diameter: 45 Depth: 4 The large and very decorative circular railway or tram system mirror, nearing four feet in diameter, with wonderfully aged original glass, foxed and worn, to a red and white painted signalling frame and integral mount to the reverse, the whole surviving from the third quarter of twentieth century eastern Europe. The mirror is in perfectly useable order

Bred as a fox and vermin hunter

It is widely accepted that the Knole sofa was acquired by the Sackville family as a result of Charles Sackville’s role as Lord Chamberlain and Masters of the Great Wardrobe in the royal court of King William and Queen Mary

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and holding a clasped book looking out amicably to the viewer

survives from the Gothic revival period of Victorian England with later additions

Reading: (1) Silent Partners: Artist and Mannequin from function to fetish: Jane Muro 2014

Rarely found in carved wood

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gave a lecture a Harvard at 2 and has just entered and left Harvard at 3

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The spiral twists and shelves all with wear and a good deal of patination

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