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This striking mantel clock is an unusual piece of late Victorian design. It is formed as a circular enamel clock dial set inside an oval-shaped gilt bronze (ormolu) case, which is supported by a rectangular ormolu base. Moreover, the clock is surmounted by a winged, horn-blowing putto on a plinth, crafted from silvered bronze, and is flanked by two silvered bronze hippocampi. The theme of the clock is distinctly nautical: the hippocampi being beasts of the sea, likewise too the horn-blowing putto; the clock case is finished with scallop shell and other marine motifs.
The reverse of the case features a Victorian registration stamp for 11 February 1871.
1871
Bronze, Ormolu (Gilt Bronze), Silvered bronze
50 cm / 19.7 inches
36 cm / 14.2 inches
19 cm / 7.5 inches
Reference:
16336
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