JEWELLERY, DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS AUCTION Tuesday, 19 January 2021 - 10:00 AM start
A 19thC spelter bronze Diana figured conical pendulum mystery clock
Realised: $2,400 plus premium
Lot Details
the goddess Diana with her bow and a quiver of arrows stands with her right arm raised and holding an ormolu bracket from which is suspended on three chains a blue enamel spherical clock. The hours are indicated by affixed brass Roman numerals, with brass hands, the escapement appears as a vane on the top of the globe and is actioned against a steel pointer suspended from the bracket above. All raised on a neoclassical plinth base with arched break front to conform with the suspended position of the globe. H.110mm.
