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Lot 1008

An Empire Gilt Bronze Mounted and Malachite Veneered Figural Mantel Clock

Lot 1008

An Empire Gilt Bronze Mounted and Malachite Veneered Figural Mantel Clock

Status:

Closed

Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500

Estimate$2,500 – $3,500

Status

Closed

An Empire Gilt Bronze Mounted and Malachite Veneered Figural Mantel Clock

Circa 1810

depicting Venus in her chariot, after a model by Claude Galle (French, 1759-1815).
Height 15 1/2 x width 14 x depth 6 inches.

Property from the Estate of Michael L. Wilkie, Chicago, Illinois

Michael L. Wilkie (1941-2021) was the owner of one of the most renowned penthouses in both Chicago and the nation. Recently offered for sale for the first time in nearly fifty years, the penthouse occupies the entire top floor and roof terrace of 1500 Lake Shore Drive, which was built in 1927 by celebrated architect Rosario Candela.

Wilkie, who grew up in Long Grove, Illinois as well as Montecito, California, played a critical role in expanding his family business, the DoALL Company, which came to include over 70 companies around the globe. His father, Leighton A. Wilkie, founded DoALL and invented the metal-cutting bandsaw, one of the most widely used tools in manufacturing today. Michael Wilkie worked for and ran the business for 60 years.

Photos courtesy of Andrew Miller and The Baines Group, Jameson | Sotheby's International Realty.

The clock has an unsigned eight-day silk suspension movement and count wheel striking on a bell. No key or pendulum present. Seems to be overwound and the pins cannot be turned. The hands can be manually advanced and the clock appears to run but the hammer does not strike. With original gilding which is slightly dull and oxidized in a few areas but attractive overall. Minute hand severely bent. The enameled face somewhat loose in its setting, and with chips to the 45 minute numeral and around the pinhole. With a detached but retained segment of malachite veneer from the back of the case under the bezel. The feet are later.

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Please email europeanfurniture@hindmanauctions.com for any additional information or questions you may have regarding this lot.

Corbin Horn

Vice President, Head of Department, European Furniture & Decorative Arts

corbinhorn@freemansauction.com 312.334.4214

Mr. Horn joined the firm in 2009 and has directed numerous sales of important collections, including those of Lilly Pulitzer, Lord Anthony and Lady Jacobs, Lars Bolander, Casa de Sueños in Miami Beach, and Villa Massei in Lucca, Italy. He has also achieved record results for consignments from prominent institutions, including the Toledo Museum of Art, the High Museum of Art, the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Minnesota Historical Society. Mr. Horn is a member of the Antiquarian Society of the Art Institute of Chicago and is an alumnus of the Attingham Trust.

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European Furniture & Decorative Arts

An Empire Gilt Bronze Mounted and Malachite Veneered Figural Mantel Clock

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