Lot 2
Lot 2
A FRENCH 'JAPONISME' PATINATED-BRONZE FIGURAL TABLE CLOCK

THE MOVEMENT BY JAPY FRERES, RETAILED BY MANOAH RHODES & SON, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Price Realised GBP 1,625
Estimate
GBP 1,500 - GBP 2,500
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A FRENCH 'JAPONISME' PATINATED-BRONZE FIGURAL TABLE CLOCK

THE MOVEMENT BY JAPY FRERES, RETAILED BY MANOAH RHODES & SON, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Price Realised GBP 1,625
Price Realised GBP 1,625
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Modelled as a gong with hammered surface applied with wisteria and insects and centred by a circular dial with Arabic numerals and signed 'MANOAH RHODES & SONS/ PARIS', the twin barrel movement with strike on bell, held aloft by a crouching robed figure on a square base with pierced apron above four scroll feet
1212 in. (31.5 cm.) high; 7 in. (17.5 cm.) wide
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Lot Essay

Manoah Rhodes was first established in Bradford in 1837 before expanding circa 1870 under the name Manoah Rhodes & Sons. In addition to manufacturing their own time pieces, the firm also retailed clocks imported from France. These works are distinguished by the addition of the inscription ‘Paris’ beneath the Manoah Rhodes signature and movements by French makers, as seen on the present lot. The well-regarded business operated for nearly a century, eventually closing its doors in the mid-1920s.
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