'Amazon Clock', a Ferdinand Preiss bronze and marble mantel clock, of shaped rectangular form the case panelled with green, peach and brown onyx in a sunburst design, applied with geometric dial flanked by two leaping stags, surmounted by a silvered bronze naked female lying down with gilt bow and arrow, on eight gilt bronze feet -- 20in. wide
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'Amazon Clock', a Ferdinand Preiss bronze and marble mantel clock, of shaped rectangular form the case panelled with green, peach and brown onyx in a sunburst design, applied with geometric dial flanked by two leaping stags, surmounted by a silvered bronze naked female lying down with gilt bow and arrow, on eight gilt bronze feet -- 20in. wide See illustration
Lot Essay
Cf. Brian Catley, Art Deco and other Figures, (Woodbridge 1978), p.256