Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos: Stowe 1848 Sale Lots: Toilet Glass

From the Stowe 1848 Sale Catalogue.

1012. A beautiful oval toilet-glass, the frame of tortoiseshell, encrusted with arabesques of or-molu, under a canopy—above is a figure of Queen Anne in relief. King and Stone. 41 0 0. The frame is composed of tortoiseshell, and ornamented with or-molu. Under the canopy at the top is a medallion, having a full length portrait of Queen Anne in relief upon it; while the oval compartments, at the sides and bottom of the glass, contain some small paintings of vases, surrounded by curtains, &c. It is a very beautiful specimen of the decorative furniture of Queen Anne’s time.