Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts, Jewellery and Fine Wine
Live Virtual Auction, 8 - 11 November 2020
Interiors: Art, Furniture and Decorative Arts
Lot Estimate
ZAR 20 000 - 25 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 39 830
About this Item
London, England
A mahogany gilt-metal-mounted table clock, Dent & Co, London, 19th century
the 11cm silvered chapter ring with Roman hour numerals and Arabic minutes numerals, inscribed 'Dent, 61 Strand, London, 44047', subsidiary 'Strike/Silent' dial, the whole against a gilt engine-turned ground, the movement striking the full, half and quarter hours on four spiral gongs, the minaret-shaped top surmounted by an urn-shaped finial, the sides with fretwork panels moulded with scrolls and musical instruments, the arched glazed door surmounted by a foliate cresting, the canted corners with foliate scrolls headed by flaming finials, raised on a conforming stepped base applied with a plaque inscribed PRESENTED TO H.H. WAINWRIGHT ESQ. By a number of Political Friends in recognition of the valuable services rendered by him to the CONSERVATIVE CAUSE during Five Years Presidentship of the BLACKPOOL CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION, MAY 15th 1888, pierced foliate apron, raised on scrolled acanthus-leaf bracket feet, 45cm high