Lot Essay
See lot 83 for a note on Caldwell.
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BY EDWARD F. CALDWELL & CO., INC., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1915
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An unusual American ormolu and black enamelled table clock
By Edward F. Caldwell & Co., Inc., New York, Circa 1915
The dial with pierced and engraved hands raised with a central figure of Venus, accompanied by torch and cornucopia-bearing satyrs, bacchantes, putti and mythical beasts, all among scrolling acanthus, above a repeating frieze of putti and birds, supported on six winged herms above lions monopodiae and stepped feet, the reverse engraved E. F. Caldwell & Co., Inc./New York
3 5/8in. (9.2cm.) high; 16in. (40.7cm.) diameter
By Edward F. Caldwell & Co., Inc., New York, Circa 1915
The dial with pierced and engraved hands raised with a central figure of Venus, accompanied by torch and cornucopia-bearing satyrs, bacchantes, putti and mythical beasts, all among scrolling acanthus, above a repeating frieze of putti and birds, supported on six winged herms above lions monopodiae and stepped feet, the reverse engraved E. F. Caldwell & Co., Inc./New York
3 5/8in. (9.2cm.) high; 16in. (40.7cm.) diameter