A GEORGE II CARVED GILTWOOD MIRROR An unusual and fine quality mid 18th century rectangular mirror, retaining the original mirror plate within a giltwood frame with cabochon ruffles, C-scrolls, foliage and carved fruit, crested by a basket with flowers and having a pierced apron with central shell carved cartouche. English, circa 1755 Height: 5 ft 7 ¼ in; 170.5 cm Width: 3 ft 1 in; 94 cm Literature: Elizabeth White, ‘Pictorial Dictionary of British and 18th Century Furniture Design: The Printed Sources’, 1990, p 325, pl. 1.