20th Century Design - 21st September 2011

Lot 425

A walnut veneer and ebonised wood floor standing clock case and night light

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £600

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Description

A walnut veneer and ebonised wood floor standing clock case and night light, modelled as a crinoline lady by Sidney Weed, set with foreign clock movement unsigned 139cm.high Provenance Sidney Weed, thence by Descent. Sidney Weed lost a leg in the First World War and was granted accommodation in the newly built Warseal Mansions on the Fulham Road, London. He worked in the Lord Roberts Memorial Workshops set up to retrain injured soldiers and sailors.