Sale 2840
New York
|
9 June 2014
Price realised
USD 4,375
Estimate
AN AMERICAN GILT-BRONZE STANDING CLOCK-CASE BY EDWARD F. CALDWELL & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1909 Cast overall with pierced scrollwork and chrysanthemum, enclosing a pocketwatch-style clock 12 in. (30.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Edward Theodore Caldwell, son of Edward F. Caldwell (d.1914), New York. Thence by descent to present owner.
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This finely-cast 'standing clock' appears in a 1909 Caldwell company design record designating it as a sample for Edward F. Caldwell himself.
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