A GEORGE II GILT GESSO PIER GLASS A mid 18th century carved gesso mirror with original gilding and retaining the original bevelled mirror plate within a leaf carved and moulded frame bordered with stylised tasselled drapery, having a cresting centred by a plumed cartouche flanked by swan-neck pediments and wide shaped apron centred by an inverted scallop shell. English, circa 1740 Height: 6 ft 1 ½ in; 187 cm Width: 2 ft 9 ¼ in; 84.5 cm Provenance: W. Thomas Ltd., London; Partridge Fine Art, London; Private collection, London.