RARE SMALL ANTIQUE GEORGIAN GILT GOLD LEAF OGEE PICTURE FRAME OLD GLASS C.1820

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RARE SMALL ANTIQUE GEORGIAN GILT GOLD LEAF OGEE PICTURE FRAME OLD GLASS C.1820:
$136.90

BEAUTIFUL & RARE SMALL ANTIQUE LATE GEORGIAN EARLY C19th
SWEPT OGEE PROFILE GOLD LEAF GILT PICTURE FRAME
LOVELY PATINATION & GENTLE WEAR
ORIGINAL GOLD LEAF GILT SLIP, HAND MADE WAVY GLASS & BRASS HANGING BALE
C.1810-30
11 6/8\" X 10 4/8\"
VERY GOOD COUNTRY HOUSE CONDITION
VERY RARE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE AN ORIGINAL SMALL ANTIQUE GEORGIAN EARLY C19th PICTURE FRAME DATING TO C.1810-1830. THE FRAME HAS WIDE OGEE PROFILE SECTIONS OF ORIGINAL BEAUTIFULLY PATINATED GOLD LEAF GILDING WHICH HAS LOVELY GENTLE WEAR SO THAT A LITTLE OF THE GREYISH BOLE & A LITTLE OF THE WHITE COMPOSITION IS JUST SHOWING THROUGH MAINLY TO THE HIGH POINTS & TO THE OUTSIDE & INSIDE EDGES. THE SIDES ARE FLAT PROFILE AND ALSO RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL GOLD LEAF GILDED FINISH. THE FRAME RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL GOLD LEAF GILT SLIP WHICH ALSO HAS LOVELY PATINATION & GENTLE WEAR SO THAT AGAIN A LITTLE OF THE GREYISH BOLD & A LITTLE OF THE WHITE COMPOSITION IS JUST SHOWING THROUGH MAINLY AROUND THE SIGHT EDGE. IT ALSO RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL HAND MADE WAVY GLASS (SO MUCH MORE INKEEPING THAN MODERN GLASS), BRASS HANGING BALE & RING & A COUPLE OF HANDMADE TACKS. THE VERY OLD PINE BACKBOARD IS A LATER ANTIQUE VICTORIAN REPLACEMENT. THE FRAME IS VERY VERSATILE AND WOULD SUIT AN OIL PAINTING, WATERCOLOUR, PRINT, SILHOUETTE OR SAMPLER.
THE FRAME & GILT SLIP ARE IN VERY GOOD ORIGINAL COUNTRY HOUSE CONDITION WITH NO CHIPS, JUST THE LOVELY RICH PATINATION & GENTLE WEAR TO THE GILDING MENTIONED ABOVE. THERE ARE THE USUAL LIGHT SURFACE SCRATCHES/DINTS COMMENSURATE WITH AGE. ALL 4 CORNER MITRES ARE TIGHT AND THERE IS NO SIGN OF WOODWORM. THE VERY OLD PINE BACKBOARD IS A LATER VICTORIAN REPLACEMENT.
THE FRAME MEASURES 11 6/8\" X 10 4/8\" OVERALL, 6 5/8\" X 5 3/8\" FOR THE SIGHT APERTURE AT THE FRONT INSIDE THE GILT SLIP AND 7 1/8\" X 5 7/8\" INTO THE REBATE AT THE BACK.
THIS IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE A BEAUTIFUL SMALL ORIGINAL ANTIQUE GEORGIAN GOLD LEAF GILT PICTURE FRAME IN VERY GOOD ORIGINAL COUNTRY HOUSE CONDITION - WHOEVER WINS IT WILL BE DELIGHTED!

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