Lot Essay
The design for this timepiece is illustrated in the catalogue of 'The 1871 International Exhibition', p. 17.
BY HOWELL AND JAMES, LONDON, THE DESIGN BY E. FINLEY, FOR THE LONDON 1871 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
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A VICTORIAN GILT-BRONZE AND SILVERED MANTEL CLOCK
BY HOWELL AND JAMES, LONDON, THE DESIGN BY E. FINLEY, FOR THE LONDON 1871 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
Surmounted by a winged merman playing a horn, above the oval body, centred by an engraved steel dial surrounded by shells and foliage, the base centred by a scallop-shell and coral, flanked to each side by a winged hippocampus, the underside with paper label 'INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1871, Exhibitors Name: - Howell James & Co'
19 in. (48.5 cm.) high
BY HOWELL AND JAMES, LONDON, THE DESIGN BY E. FINLEY, FOR THE LONDON 1871 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
Surmounted by a winged merman playing a horn, above the oval body, centred by an engraved steel dial surrounded by shells and foliage, the base centred by a scallop-shell and coral, flanked to each side by a winged hippocampus, the underside with paper label 'INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1871, Exhibitors Name: - Howell James & Co'
19 in. (48.5 cm.) high
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