A REGENCY GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE AUTOMATON CLOCK INKSTAND

A REGENCY GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE AUTOMATON CLOCK INKSTAND

IN GOTHIC REVIVAL STYLE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

the gilt dial on a pocket watch style movement inscribed 'Detach'd Patent D1827', supported between a pair of spires, above a Gothic arch with a lion head fountain and a rotating glass spiral and scallop shell stoop, the rectangular base with a drawer fitted with an inkwell and pounce pot, with keys

35.5cm high, 14.4cm wide, 11.8cm deep

Provenance

Purchased, Dreweatt Neate, 1st May 1991, The Remaining Contents of Donnington Grove, Newbury, Berkshire, lot 181.