Admiral Lord Nelson - A George III Gilt Wood Pier Glass, 1800
Admiral Lord Nelson - A George III Gilt Wood Pier Glass, 1800
Admiral Lord Nelson - A George III Gilt Wood Pier Glass, 1800
Admiral Lord Nelson - A George III Gilt Wood Pier Glass, 1800
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Admiral Lord Nelson - A George III Gilt Wood Pier Glass, 1800

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115cm (45.25in) x 72.5cm (28.5in)

Gilt wood pier glass, the frame comprising fluted pilasters supporting a frieze decorated with Nelson heraldry and iconography relating to the period 6 November 1798 to 22 May 1801, the whole capped by a cornice of ribbon and ball design. 

The frieze design on the present mirror indicates it was created following Nelson’s enoblement in November 1798 as Baron Nelson of the Nile, and of Burnham Thorpe following his destruction of the French fleet at the Aboukir Bay. The baron’s coronet displaying four ‘pearls’ was of course upgraded in 1801 on Nelson’s advancement to a viscountcy.

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