Antique 8 Day Tall Case Grandfather Clock Automaton Andrew Rich Bridgewater 1820 Paintings from whom he learned his

from whom he learned his craft

The celebrated art dealer and collector Mr

25" tall X 25

The case is hallmarked to the gilt interior with the lion passant mark and the silver purity mark for 875 and the goldsmith's stamp for Hirsch Markowitsch

he frequented artists from the Hungarian Bauhaus (Mühely) borrowing their main principles

Antique 8 Day Tall Case Grandfather Clock Automaton Andrew Rich Bridgewater 1820 Paintings from whom he learned hisA fine antique Georgian Regency period tall case 8 day inlaid mahogany grandfather clock with a rocking figure of Old Father Time, by Andrew Rich of Bridgwater Somerset, circa 1820. The clock is made of the finest figured flame mahogany & inlaid with satinwood stringing, the clock hood with twin arched 'swan's neck' pediment with brass rosettes & a central brass urn shaped finial. The hood door is flanked by a pair of turned columns with gilt brass