Regency Bronze and Ormolu Mantel Clock

8-day movement, deadbeat escapement with outside count-wheel, white enamel dial with Roman numerals, signed, the clock drum supported on the wings of an eagle amongst clouds, on a splayed plinth decorated with mythical scene of Europa and the Bull, flanked by two griffins, the sides mounted with Apollo masks and dolphins amid foliate scrolls, with glass dome

Measurements:

height 37 cm (46 cm with glass dome) width 47 cm depth 19 cm

Provenance:

Ex. Bill Bradshaw's private collection, c. 1980, The Collection of Dr. Henry Mackellar Michelmore, Sydney

Labels:

Cf. Royal & Imperial Clocks, Romantic & Scientific, The David Roche Foundation, Adelaide, illustrated p 67

• EStimate $8,000 - $12,000
• sold $9,818 Incl BP