Sale 2585
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
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Estimate$1,000 – $1,500
With domed top surmounted by cast finial in the form of harpies flanking figure and masque, canted sides, allover decorated with gilt bronze overlay designs including Classically draped figures, angels, putti, and foliate motifs, each corner with figural terms and cast knights on horseback above, stepped base on pomegranate-form bun feet, the dial marked with raised letters, "S F."
H: 20 3/4 in. W: 11 in. D: 8 in.Note
The majority of the items from this collection were acquired or ordered by Christine O. Groves (Burton) to furnish her home, built 1922, a Colonial Revival stucco mansion located at 225 Northway, Baltimore, Maryland. The house still stands.
This clock corresponds to the archival design photograph found in the E.F. Caldwell & Co. Collection, Cooper-Hewitt Museum Library, Large Binder, Page 5, A025762.
Provenance
Property formerly in the collection of Christine O. Groves Burton (1893-1973), Baltimore, Maryland
Thence by descent to the present consignor.