DESCRIPTION:
Ansonia Clock Co., New York, NY, "Gloria Ball Swing" 8 day, time only, spring driven swinging ball clock. Movement is mounted inside a painted brass sphere which has cast ribbon ornament and applied arabic numerals, Louis XV style hands, the lower section in gridiron style with smaller sphere at the bottom, all held aloft by a patinated winged female figure with a lyre, standing on a globe bound with laurel wreath and mounted to an ebonized iron base.
CONDITION:
clock and statue dusty, patination on statue worn in a few places, gilding worn, left wing cracked at base but still attached to figure, paint on base with losses, opaque green paint on spheres with scratches and wear, gilding worn from numerals, movement is signed by Ansonia. This is one of the more desirable ball swinging models.
ESTIMATE:
$2000
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$2500
PRICE SOLD:
$1600
CIRCA: 1900
DIMENSIONS: 28.5in x 12in x 10in
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