LARGE BLACK FOREST CARVED WALL CLOCK BY EMILIAN WEHRLE, RETAILED BY THE MORATH BROTHERS, LIVERPOOL
LATE 19TH CENTURY
£2,125
Auction: 20 November 2019 from 10:00 GMT
Description
the gabled cornice with scrolling oak branches and leaves and centred by a stag's head, the dial a circular chapter ring with applied Roman numerals and signed MORATH BROTHERS/ LIVERPOOL, with two winding holes and carved hounds' heads and shotguns, flanked by a hanging gamebird, fox and hare, above a pair of carved doors enclosing a pair of trumpeters, and a pierced and carved apron centred by a hunting horn and eagle's head, the movement with six horns and striking a gong
Dimensions
97cm high, 56cm wide
Footnote
Provenance: Ex. Alton Towers