A Scottish Gilt Brass Mounted and Pierce Carved Walnut Mantel Clock
Sale 2109 - Property from the Aline Elwes McDonnell Trust
Jun 21, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$1,000 -
1,500
Lot Description
A Scottish Gilt Brass Mounted and Pierce Carved Walnut Mantel Clock
By R. Bryson and Sons, Edinburgh, Early 19th Century
the silvered chapter ring engraved R. Bryson and Sons...Edinburgh.
Height over handle 16 x width 10 x depth 7 1/2 inches.
Height over handle 16 x width 10 x depth 7 1/2 inches.
Provenance:
Aline Thorold (1869-1951) m. Ernest James Wythes (1868-1949) at Copped Hall, Essex, until 1917 and The Wood House, Essex, thereafter and by descent to
Barbara Dorothy Wythes (1896-1984) m. (Francis) Guy Robert Elwes (1895-1966) at The Wood House, Essex until 1961 and Ham Spray House, Marlborough, thereafter and by descent to
Aline Mary Margaret (Elwes) McDonnell (1923-2023) m. Hubert McDonnell Jr. (1919-2004), Greenwich, Connecticut, and thence by descent
Pictured:
An 1807 engraving of Copped Hall, S. Rawle from a drawing by S. Shepherd.
Aline Elwes McDonnell and Family, circa 1954.
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