Magnificent polished pewter clock with abalone inset decoration to body and hands. Designed for Liberty & Co. by Archibald Knox in c1902- 1905.
Marked 'Tudric 097' to base.
Size 36.5cms High, 19cms wide, 9.5cms deep.
Photograph courtesy of Professor Eli Talmor, London.
The clock is in the shape of a cross and inspired by some of the old stone crosses Knox knew on the Isle of Man.
Archibald Knox (1864-1933) for Liberty & Co.
An Impressive 'Tudric' Clock, circa 1903
model 097, the pewter body inset with abalone shell roundels and cast with Roman numerals in relief, the hands terminating with abalone shell roundels, on a rectangular base
37cm high, stamped 'Tudric' numbered '097'
FOOTNOTES
Literature:
Steven Martin, 'Archibald Knox' Artmedia Press, 2001, pg. 75 and 235 for similar examples of this model
Photograph and description courtesy of Bonhams
