Lot 69 , Archibald Knox for Liberty & Co., a rare ‘Tudric’ pewter and patinated copper clock, c.1902-05, model no. 0253

Archibald Knox for Liberty & Co., a rare ‘Tudric’ pewter and patinated copper clock, c.1902-05, model no. 0253, with a Continental twin train movement, the base stamped ‘TUDRIC 0253’, 30cm high

Literature - Liberty Pewter Sketch Book, Westminster City Archives, London, n.d., p. 57, no. 0253
Stephen Martin, Archibald Knox, London, 1995, pp. 47 (for the model illustrated in the Liberty & Co. Yule-Tide Catalogue, circa 1902-1903) and 88
Michael Jeffery, Arts and Crafts Style, New York, 2001, p. 170
Stephen Martin, Archibald Knox, London, 2001, p. 235
£5,000-7,000

Condition:
Typical minor scuffs and scratches to the patina which is a gun metal grey to dark grey on the pewter and chestnut brown to the copper. The hands appear to be original black painted steel examples, the movement looks as though it’s probably had some work done to it as the retaining nuts have scuffs and scratching to them. The back door to the case looks as though it’s a little dented inward, the bottom left-hand corner is a millimetre or so out and there are some scratches to the inside of the door. Later incised numbers upper right to the back of the case, otherwise in good condition. Movement not tested as working . The movement has been overwound and will not start.

Sold for £8,500