Lot Essay
A closely related example by Dulin of Cornhill, London (active 1816-30) is illustrated in the The Art and Craft of the Clockmaker, exhibition catalogue of Derek Roberts Antiques, Tonbridge, 1994, no. 47.
CIRCA 1830, SIGNED DELANDRE(?), LONDON
Details
A REGENCY BRASS-INLAID MAHOGANY MANTEL CLOCK
circa 1830, signed Delandre(?), London
The painted dial with Arabic numerals and with maker's signature Delandre(?)/London within a cylindrical case surmounted by a later vase-form brass finial on a fluted support flanked by foliate scrolls on an Egyptian-form temple base with palmette finials and with breakfronted plinth on brass pad feet, the single fusee movement with anchor escapement, lacking pull repeat
21in. (53cm.) high, 13¼in. (33.5cm.) wide
circa 1830, signed Delandre(?), London
The painted dial with Arabic numerals and with maker's signature Delandre(?)/London within a cylindrical case surmounted by a later vase-form brass finial on a fluted support flanked by foliate scrolls on an Egyptian-form temple base with palmette finials and with breakfronted plinth on brass pad feet, the single fusee movement with anchor escapement, lacking pull repeat
21in. (53cm.) high, 13¼in. (33.5cm.) wide
Provenance
The Joseph M. Meraux Collection, sold Sotheby's New York, 28 June 1993, lot 434