Lot 18: - Lewis Foreman Day (1845 - 1910) , A rare wall-mounted clock

1879 ebonised wood and painted en grisaille , the dial centred by a rising sun and flanked by painted moon phases, flanked by four painted panels depicting two maidens and a man, within a reeded and foliate carved mount with a shaped frame, the French movement with Brocot escapement and quarter striking on two-coiled gong panels signed on the reverse `Lewis F Day, 1879'

measurements 60cm. high by 38cm. wide by 15cm. deep; alternate measurements 1ft 11 1/2 in., 1ft 3in., 6in.

The design of the figure below the clock face appeared on a design for a fireplace published in Day's Every-Day Art, London, 1882, p. 255. (see below)