Lot 45
LEWIS FOREMAN DAY (1845-1910) FOR HOWELL & JAMES, LONDON
AESTHETIC MOVEMENT MANTEL CLOCK, CIRCA 1880
£328
Auction: 19 April 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
painted porcelain dial, within carved and pierced mahogany case
Dimensions
24.2cm wide, 36cm high, 13.7cm deep
Footnote
Literature: For an almost identical clock marked 'Howell & James', please see V&A collection, accession no. CIRC.662-1972
Note: Lewis Day was a teacher and prolific designer within the South Kensington circle, whose books frequently included Japanese examples. Although the design elements of this clock do not conform to traditional Japanese decoration, they would have suggested the Japanese taste to Day's contemporaries in Britain.
