A Pair of French Architectural Verdigris Copper Clock Face Hands c.1900 sub-Architectural & Garden The overall patination and colour

The overall patination and colour to the mahogany is very appealing and the turnings are softly worn

The piece has suffered at some stage from a bit of damp

The enamel and brass is all in good order and the bell and movement appears complete

Many blocks of this kind would have been destroyed when the new printing techniques were introduced though perhaps these blocks were originally made as examples of the different models of electroliers that a certain firm in the Edwardian period was offering to new clients

A Pair of French Architectural Verdigris Copper Clock Face Hands c.1900 sub-Architectural & Garden The overall patination and colourOrigin: French Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 Length: 20 x 4. 25 and 14. 5 x 5 The decorative pair of verdigris copper architectural clock hands, of good size, being attractively shaped in the French taste, and surviving from the turn of the nineteenth century. The hands are in complete condition with no losses and have verdigris and attractive pitted wear with some natural bend. These hands would have been part of salvaged from