Red Tortoiseshell & Gilt Metal Striking Bracket Clock

19th century

Sold by Rams Head Antiques

Description

This is a good quality early 20th century bracket clock with a beautiful red tortoiseshell case decorated with gilt ormolu mounts. The clock was a gold medal winner at the Paris Exposition and is stamped to the French movement with the makers name G. Magnin and Medaille d’argent. The movement is in good working order and strikes on the hour and half hour on a gong. The decorative case has an inverted bell top pediment with ormolu finials and side viewing windows beneath gilded cherub mounts. The clock has a pretty, painted porcelain dial with Arabic numerals and the retailers name Goldsmiths and Silversmiths 112 Regent Street London.

The clock is in super condition and measures 33 cms high including the upright handle and is 18 cms wide by 15 cms deep.

UK insured delivery is £20

Physical Dimensions

Height

33cm (12.99")

Width

18cm (7.09")

Depth

15cm (5.91")

Declaration

Rams Head Antiques has dated this piece to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA692875

Dealers Notes

Rams Head Antiques is a family business based in Wolsingham in Weardale where we have had shop premises for 28 years. The shop is generally open every Saturday from 11 am till 3 pm.

You are most welcome to visit the shop but please always check to confirm we are open before travelling. We have been in the antiques trade for well over thirty years now and stock a wide and varied range of antiques and decorative items specialising in carpets and Eastern and Oriental items as well as Georgian and Victorian furniture, mirrors, oil paintings, prints, ceramics and clocks.

We can arrange worldwide delivery on all the items we have in stock, please ask for an accurate quote.

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Description

This is a good quality early 20th century bracket clock with a beautiful red tortoiseshell case decorated with gilt ormolu mounts.

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The clock was a gold medal winner at the Paris Exposition and is stamped to the French movement with the makers name G.

Rams Head Antiques

Magnin and Medaille d’argent. The movement is in good working order and strikes on the hour and half hour on a gong. The decorative case has an inverted bell top pediment with ormolu finials and side viewing windows beneath gilded cherub mounts. The clock has a pretty, painted porcelain dial with Arabic numerals and the retailers name Goldsmiths and Silversmiths 112 Regent Street London.

The clock is in super condition and measures 33 cms high including the upright handle and is 18 cms wide by 15 cms deep.

UK insured delivery is £20