A RUSSIAN GILT-METAL MOUNTED YEW MANTEL CLOCK
Lot 158 PROPERTY FROM A GERMAN GENTLEMAN

A RUSSIAN GILT-METAL MOUNTED YEW MANTEL CLOCK

CIRCA 1815

Closed25 April 2017

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GBP 3,500

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A RUSSIAN GILT-METAL MOUNTED YEW MANTEL CLOCK
CIRCA 1815
The single barrel movement with silk suspension
16 ½ in. (42 cm.) high; 8 ½ in. (21.5 cm.) wide; 3 ½ in. (9 cm) deep

Specialist note

With its finely designed outline and detailed ormolu beading this clock can be attributed to the oeuvre of the Russian clockmaker A. F. Gladkoj. 
For a comparable clock part of the Pavlovsk Palace collection, signed by Gladkoj see also 'St. Petersburg um 1800. Ein goldenes Zeitalter des russischen Zarenreichs. Meisterwerke und authentische Zeugnisse der Zeit aus der Staatlichen Ermitage', Recklinghausen, 1990, p. 374-375, cat-nr. 309.