(ALLEGORY OF THE CONTINENTS AND LIBERTY) Georgian longcase c

Sale 2555 - Lot 331

Price Realized: $ 281

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 150 - $ 200

(ALLEGORY OF THE CONTINENTS AND LIBERTY.) Georgian longcase clock dial. Enamel on arched-top iron faceplate. 20x14 inches overall; crazed surface, small pitted damages; for decorative use. British, late-18th to early-19th century

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Folky allegorical portrayals of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America as female figures each seated with an associated animal ornamenting the corner spandrels of the clock dial. Atop the plate is a larger feminine figure symbolizing revolutionary freedom with a display of the Phyrgian cap on a pike and cast-off chains at her feet; behind her a small bird escapes to the skies from a flung-open cage, another small symbol of independence.