£2,500
A Swedish rococo japanned longcase clock, Berg Stockholm, late 18th c, with convex painted dial, pierced brass hands, bell striking movement with anchor escapement and pull-repeat (not connected), the brass plates with low arched cut-out, the crested round hood with curved glass lights, decorated overall with gilt chinoiseries on a turquoise ground, pendulum and weights, 231cm h
Provenance: Prince Axel of Denmark (1888-1964) and his wife Princess Margaretha of Sweden (1899-1977), located in the Dining Room of the Bernstorff Palace, Gentofte, Denmark; thence by descent to his grandson Birger Valdemar Georg Flemming Kai Axel, Count of Rosenborg, the present vendor
Old restoration and re-decoration, localised flaking on sides of case, gilding rubbed showing red bole, but in essentially, old country house condition
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