ADMIRAL LORD NELSON (1758-1805): A GEORGE III ‘ARMORIAL’ PIER GLASS

circa 1805, with a rectangular glass plate in a painted and parcel-gilt architectural frame, the entablature with a central coat of arms for Admiral Lord Nelson (1758-1805) flanked by foliate tendrils on a painted black ground, the sides with tied reed columns with palm frond capitals enclosing similar black painted panels of fruiting vine tendrils emanating from classical vases, 132cm high x 93cm wide