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Functional object - Mantle clock, c.1910

  • Eight-day mantle clock in an ornate carved wooden case. Plain face with Roman numerals, under glass. A glass door allows access to the weighted pendulum, and is decocrated with an etching-like transfer showing a bearded Cavalier with a sword. The clock face and pendulum is flanked by a pair of brass or gold coloured cupids, standing on turned wooden pedastels, with mirrors behind them. A carved wooden head is above the face, and another carved wooden head flanked with wings is on the base.

    Mantle Clock

  • Detail of decorative cupid

    Mantle clock detail

  • Eight-day mantle clock in an ornate carved wooden case. Plain face with Roman numerals, under glass. A glass door allows access to the weighted pendulum, and is decocrated with an etching-like transfer showing a bearded Cavalier with a sword. The clock face and pendulum is flanked by a pair of brass or gold coloured cupids, standing on turned wooden pedastels, with mirrors behind them. A carved wooden head is above the face, and another carved wooden head flanked with wings is on the base.
  • Detail of decorative cupid

Physical description

Eight-day mantle clock in an ornate carved wooden case. Plain face with Roman numerals, under glass. A glass door allows access to the weighted pendulum, and is decocrated with an etching-like transfer showing a bearded Cavalier with a sword. The clock face and pendulum is flanked by a pair of brass or gold coloured cupids, standing on turned wooden pedastels, with mirrors behind them. A carved wooden head is above the face, and another carved wooden head flanked with wings is on the base.

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