A French Gilt Metal and Giltwood or Composition Elephant Clock

Dial Signed L'Epine à Paris, 19th Century

Height 18 x width 12 x depth 5 3/4 inches.

This lot is located in Chicago.

Provenance:

Halim Time and Glass Museum, Evanston, Illinois

The clock face and its metal housing are detached from the elephant and missing one screw that would hold them in place. The glass cover for the dial is broken. The enamel dial has some chips and hairline cracks. One section of gilt metal trim is detached from the wood base but present. The clock winds runs and strikes when hands are advanced but is not striking on the bell properly and needs service by an horologist. No key present. The top urn possibly missing a finial, though this possible defect does not detract from the overall impression of the work. The case (elephant) with some surface scratches and rubbing. The elephant is not bronze. It is giltwood or another gilt composition material.

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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.

European Furniture & Decorative Arts

A French Gilt Metal and Giltwood or Composition Elephant Clock

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