A George III carved giltwood framed giltwood pier glass

Footnotes

Provenance:
Francis Alexander Lauder (1873-1946), Bowden Hall,
Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire and thence by descent.

Francis Lauder's collection of antique furniture was partly assembled by the furniture historian and advisor R.W Symonds. Symonds was behind Lauder's purchase of two of the Howard mirrors which were sold Bonhams, London, 3 November 2008, lot 9 and which were en-suite to the other pair of Howard Mirror sold Bonhams London, 19 November 2014, lot 33 (Sold by private tready). Symonds managed to negotiate for Lauder the purchase of the the pair of mirrors sold at Bonhams in 2008, although originally being sold as a set of four by the London dealer Lionel Harris Junior. The depressed economic circumstances seem to have led Harris to consider splitting the set and also selling them at a loss confirmed in letter from Harris to R.W Symonds. Although it is not known if Symonds was involved in the acquisition of the mirror offered here, other pieces from Lauder's collection were to feature in R.W Symonds' publications.

Symonds was behind the formation of some of the most important early twentieth century collections including those formed by Geoffrey Blackwell, Percival Griffiths, J. S. Sykes, James Thursby Pelham, E. B. Moller and Frederick Poke liaising between dealers and the collectors themselves.