Lot 346

AESTHETIC PERIOD 'ORIENTAL' BRASS BRACKET CLOCK, HERBERT MASON & CO. BIRMINGHAM
LATE 19TH CENTURY




Auction: Day One: 18 May 2022 | From 11:00
£425
Description
the dial set with white enamel numbers in a pierced brass case with elephants heads, taotie symbols, ruyi, and sacred objects, surmounted by a mythical dragon-beast, the eight-day movement striking a gong and stamped 'G.V.'
Dimensions
33cm wide, 53cm high, 28cm deep
Footnote
Note: Mason was formerly a student of the Birmingham and South Kensington Schools of Art. This clock, design no. 82300, was registered on 28th September 1887.



