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A REGENCY LANTERN CLOCK ON MAHOGANY AND EBONIZED BASE

Offered by: Trove Antiques & Design

Description
A REGENCY LANTERN CLOCK ON MAHOGANY AND EBONIZED BASE.

The brass case clock engraved with masonic decoration; the case signed ‘Piolaine fecit London’. Ex Collection of Mica and Ahmet Ertegun. Purchased Mount Street Galleries London 1981.

7″ square x 35.5″h

This ornate brass timepiece by Piolaine of London, mounted on a wooden column with a spiraling serpent, features Masonic symbols including a compass, square, and celestial sphere, indicating it was a ceremonial clock created specifically for Masonic lodge rituals in the late 18th or early 19th century.

More Information

Period:	19th Century
Styles / Movements:	Regency, Traditional
Incollect Reference #:	830933

Dimensions

W.	7 in;	H.	35.5 in;	D.	7 in;
W.	17.78 cm;	H.	90.17 cm;	D.	17.78 cm;

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