Provenance

This, and a number of other similar mirrors, may have been supplied by Benjamin Goodison, the London cabinet-maker favoured by Frederick, Prince of Wales and other members of the Royal family from the early 1730s until the late 1750s. Goodison's account in The Lord Chamberlain's papers for "3 large Glass Sconces in carved & gilt frames wth. two wrot Arms to Each' for £27 of 1733 may relate to mirrors within this group. Goodison made at least ten further "sconces" similarly described and priced for the Prince's use at Hampton Court. Benjamin Goodison was probably apprenticed to James Moore in 1720. By 1727 he had premises at the 'Golden Spread Eagle', Long Acre and it is assumed that Goodison succeeded Moore in royal service in 1726-27 after Moore's death. He is recorded as recieving payments from the Great Wardrobe from the late 1730s. Probably supplied to Frederick, Prince of Wales, circa 1730, for Hampton Court Palace.