BY HANS WEFSMAN, CIRCA 1800

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A SWEDISH GILTWOOD CARTEL CLOCK
BY HANS WEFSMAN, CIRCA 1800
The circular glazed enamel dial with Arabic chapters, signed 'HANS WEFSMAN/STOCKHOLM', within a drum-shaped case decorated with foliate-swags and flanked by reeded columns with finials and surmounted by a foliate-carved plume finial, the conformingly-decorated lower section terminating in a pine-cone boss, with an inscription reading 'E S/G' to the reverse
42 in. (107 cm.) high; 21¼ in. (54 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

Related clocks are illustrated in S. Wallin Möbler Fran Svenska Herremanshem, vol. II, 1979, p.223, figs. 803 and 804. A closely-related cartel clock was sold, Bukowski's, 26 November 1997, lot 605, and another, sold anonymously, Bukowski's, 29 November-1 December 1995, lot 514.

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