Posts Tagged ‘acanthus’
Saturday, January 16th, 2010
French bronze and marble Mantel Clock, circa 1880, French gilt Mantel Clock, French gilt-metal Gothic Clock
An American Wall Clock, circa 1880, with painted and glazed front panel, 66cm.; 26in.; and a gilt-spelter Mantel Clock.
A French alabaster Mantel Clock Garniture, circa 1850, the dial with chased centre, silvered chapter ring and gilt foliate surround, the rectangular [...]
Tags: acanthus, alabaster, American Wall, caryatid, case, CHAMPLEVE, champleve enamel, CHIMING, clock, Corinthian, Edinburgh, Elephant, escapement, finial, foliate, french bronze, GARNITURE, GILT-SPELTER, glass, glass dome, GOOD, GOTHIC, ground, H. Sch, ivory panel, MANTEL, mantel clock, MARBLE, marble plinth, mask, movement, OAK, pastes, pendulum, PLATED, PORCELAIN, presentation, regulation, ring, silver gilt, surmount, TIMEPIECE, torsion bar, tortoiseshell, W. Oppenheim, Wall Clock
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Thursday, January 7th, 2010
WALNUT BRACKET CLOCK, SCOTTISH EBONISED BRACKET CLOCK, QUARTER-STRIKING SKELETON CLOCK
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCK with a
chipped 8-inch painted dial and pierced gilt hands, the
movement with anchor escapement and numbered
pendulum adjustment, the backplate signed Rivers &
Son Cornhill London and with engraved borders, in a
moulded broken-arch case with a panelled top and
brass scale frets at the [...]
Tags: acanthus, adjustment, apertures, backplate, brass scale, broken arch, CHIMING, clock, EBONISED, EBONY-VENEERED QUARTER-REPEATING, fennell, GEORGE, GEORGE III, james co, Kenneth Maclennan, LANTERN, lever escapement, MAHOGANY, pendulum aperture, QUARTER-STRIKING, quarters, ROSEWOOD, SCOTTISH, SKELETON, skeleton clock, threlkeld, TIMEPIECE, top case, two bells, UNUSUAL, WALNUT, William, william upjohn
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Monday, December 28th, 2009
BLACK MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK, WALNUT AND MARQUETRY MANTEL CLOCK, GILT-SPELTER AND GREEN ONYX MANTEL CLOCK, GREEN ONYX MANTEL CLOCK
A BLACK MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK, the
dial with gilt roman numerals, in an architectural case flanked by large scrolls, incised and painted with gilt foliate strap work throughout, 12in; 30.5cm, with pendulum, c.
1870
A GILT-BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK, the dial [...]
Tags: 19th century, acanthus, ALARUM, arabic numerals, BLACK, black marble, boulle, bracket clock, brass lantern, CARRIAGE, clock, Clocks, conch shell, dial, flambeau, France, GARNITURE, GILT-BRONZE, GILT-SPELTER, GREEN, LANTERN, mantel clock, MARBLE, MARQUETRY, movement, pendulum, PORCELAIN, PORCELAIN-MOUNTED, roman numerals, ROSEWOOD, SIMILAR, TIMEPIECE, urns, WALNUT, whol, wood mantel
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