A GEORGE I GILT GESSO MIRROR A fine early 18th century gilt gesso rectangular mirror, the replaced shaped and bevelled plate contained within a carved and gilt gesso frame, the shaped and scrolled cresting centred by a plumed female mask, the shaped apron centred by a shell with later glass candle arms. English, circa 1730 Height: 43 in; 109.5 cm Width: 24 in; 61 cm Literature: Geoffrey Wills, ‘English Looking Glasses’, London, 1965, p.81, ill.42. Graham Child, ‘World Mirrors 1590-1900’, London, 1990, p.29, ill.57. Herbert F. Schiffer, ‘The Mirror Book’, Exton, Pennsylvania, 1983, p.67, ill.134; a very similar model.