Fine Arts & Crafts (including Martin Ware) - 21st June 2023
Lot 351
A large Reformed Gothic brass mantel clock designed by Bruce Talbert, probably by Cox & Co or
Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £3000
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Description
A large Reformed Gothic brass mantel clock designed by Bruce Talbert, probably by Cox & Co or Hart, Son, Peard & Co, triangular open scroll work decoration of flowers and foliage, the flowers set with red glass and moonstone cabochon, circular dial enamelled with Roman Numerals, the foliate finial set with agate stone panel, the movement attributed to Gay Vicarino & Co, London, bevelled glass door, movement signed GV 1461, 51.5cm. high
Literature
Charlotte Gere & Michael Whiteway 19th Century Design from Pugin to Mackintosh, page 118 for a comparable example illustrated.
The John Scott Collection, Modern English Design From the 1860s and 1870s, Fine Art Society, 11th June-3rd July 2014, catalogue number 68 for a comparable example.
Catalogue Notes
Bruce Talbert (1838-1881) trained as an architect before becoming one of the leading exponents of the Reformed Gothic style. This clock, designed circa 1871, was illustrated in The Illustrated Catalogue of Gothic & other Artistic Domestic Furniture, Fittings, Decorations, Upholstery & Metal work, published by Cox & Sons in 1872. Gay Vicarino worked in London between 1864 and 1875,