Lot Details
Lot 619
Gustavian Giltwood Mirror by Johan Åkerblad
Late 18th century, Stockholm
The two-part mirror plate within a beaded frame and surmounted by a cresting with a sheaf of wheat, scrolls, lattice and two flower-swagged oval panels, the stepped apron with laurel swags and a central triglyph; the back of the frame with two stamps: IÅ for Johan Åkerblad and AÖB for Anders Öberg. Height 54 inches (137.2 cm), width 24 inches (61 cm).
The back is stamped IÅ for Johan Åkerblad and AÖB for Anders Öberg, who worked with Åkerblad from 1781 to 1799. Johan Åkerblad (1728-1799) started his career as an apprentice with master mirror maker Olof Westerberg in Stockholm, was made master in 1758 and established a mirror factory producing a large number of mirrors. His work is represented in the Swedish Royal Housewares Chamber.
An interesting side note: Johan Åkerblad's son, Johan David Åkerblad (1763-1819), was a Swedish orientalist and diplomat who was stationed in Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, Egypt and North Africa. He studied under the Egyptologist, Antoine Issac, Baron Silvestre de Sacy in Paris. Sacy's investigation of the newly-discovered Rosetta Stone resulted in his being able to read five names, such as 'Alexandros', which was reported by him in 1802. Åkerblad took on his work, and his major contribution in this area was published the same year in Paris. Åkerblad managed to identify all proper names in the demotic text in just two months.
C Property from The Estate of Dr. Alex Eliseo Asencio
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