May 14, 2026 10:00 EST
Old Master Paintings / Silver / English & Continental Furniture
Imperial Russian Brass-Inlaid Mahogany and Verre Églomise Cheval Mirror
Property from a Distinguished New York Private Collection
Circa 1790, possibly by Heinrich Gambs
The rectangular swiveling mirror capped by a raised tablet with circular églomisé panel of a music-playing maiden and dancing putto, possibly representing Cupid and Psyche, on splayed feet, the mirror and frame with ribbed brass panels, the frame with brass inventory disk, the reverse on the mirror inscribed with two inventory numbers in Cyrillic, the églomisé possibly later
Height 79 ¾ inches (202.5 cm), width 37 inches (93.8 cm), depth 20 ½ inches (52 cm).
Provenance:
Russian imperial collection, Winter Palace, St. Petersburg (IZD 11)
Removed to the Hermitage (8113)
Christie’s, New York, 18 October 2002, lot 610
Christie’s, New York, 21 May 2003, lot 321 (as an after-sale)
$15,000 - $20,000
Property from a Distinguished New York Private Collection
Circa 1790, possibly by Heinrich Gambs
The rectangular swiveling mirror capped by a raised tablet with circular églomisé panel of a music-playing maiden and dancing putto, possibly representing Cupid and Psyche, on splayed feet, the mirror and frame with ribbed brass panels, the frame with brass inventory disk, the reverse on the mirror inscribed with two inventory numbers in Cyrillic, the églomisé possibly later
Height 79 ¾ inches (202.5 cm), width 37 inches (93.8 cm), depth 20 ½ inches (52 cm).
Provenance:
Russian imperial collection, Winter Palace, St. Petersburg (IZD 11)
Removed to the Hermitage (8113)
Christie’s, New York, 18 October 2002, lot 610
Christie’s, New York, 21 May 2003, lot 321 (as an after-sale)
Notes:The letters ‘IZD’, which precede the inventory numbers, stand for ‘Imperatorskii Zimnii Dvorets’, which translates to Imperial Winter Palace.
For a similar model, see Christie's Important European Furniture, Sculpture and Carpets Including the Beit Collection of Early European Bronzes, December 7, 2006, lot 212
English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts
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Auction: Old Master Paintings / Silver / English & Continental Furniture, May 14, 2026
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