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A monumental green onyx marble and silver mantel clock, W.A. Bolin, Moscow 1912–1917.

Estimate
70 000 - 80 000 SEK
6 230 - 7 120 EUR
6 350 - 7 260 USD
Hammer price
540 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Alexander Johansson
Stockholm
Alexander Johansson
Assistant Specialist Works of Art
+46 (0)707 88 84 71
A monumental green onyx marble and silver mantel clock, W.A. Bolin, Moscow 1912–1917.

The turned baluster-shaped body toned predominantly green, the neck affixed with a broad gadronned and entrelac-adorned silver band, the shoulder with budding and berried foliate scrolls, encircling the silvered
Arabic dial with ormolu hands, rising to the neck and terminating in handles modelled as classical nymphs, symbolizing night and day, the base with a broad pierced acanthus border above an ebonized octagonal socle adorned with a silver band of berried laurel. Later hallmarked W.A. Bolin Stockholm 1919. Height 53.5 cm. Weight circa 27 kg.

Provenance

W.A. Bolin Collection

More information

According to the work card, two clocks have been delivered. The second, stamped in Stockholm 1919, was sold at Bukowskis International Autumn Auction 1999, A514, lot 924.

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