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A Scottish Gilt Brass Mounted and Pierce Carved Walnut Mantel Clock
Estimate: $1,000-$1,500
Passed
Live Auction
Property from the Aline Elwes McDonnell Trust
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.

Provenance
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 toBarbara 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 descentPictured:An 1807 engraving of Copped Hall, S. Rawle from a drawing by S. Shepherd.Aline Elwes McDonnell and Family, circa 1954.