AMERICAN SLATE AND ROUGE MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK, BY ANSONIA CLOCK COMPANY, NEW YORK
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Fine Furniture and Works of Art
Auction: 5 July 2017 at 11:00 BST
£325
Description
the drum case with a signed enamelled Roman numeral dial, above a relief patinated metal frieze of putti, over a glazed panel enclosing a mercury-filled pendulum, flanked by fluted brass columns, on a shaped plinth base with further relief panels, the twin-train movement striking a gong, stamped maker's marks
Dimensions
47cm high
Footnote
Provenance: 'Keith Skeel: The Private Collection', Loudham Hall, Suffolk, Lyon & Turnbull, June 2007, lot 409