Lot 003 - Antique Art Nouveau Porcelain Mantel Clock with Figural Head and Floral Decoration, Ansonia Clock Company, Bonn Germany, note severe damage to dial, 12-1/4" H

Lot 003 - Antique Art Nouveau Porcelain Mantel Clock with Figural Head and Floral Decoration, Ansonia Clock Company, Bonn Germany, note severe damage to dial, 12-1/4" HAn antique Art Nouveau style porcelain mantel clock featuring a molded female head at the crown and hand painted floral decoration. The porcelain case exhibits gradient coloring from deep rose pink at the top through multicolored tones to green at the base, with gilt accents throughout the scrolled and pierced design. The clock face bears Arabic numerals and is set within a brass bezel marked with egg and dart molding. The case bears an orange printed

The inner cap has a very simple etched circle design

The reverses of the Bagley cards list additional titles in the series and bear the manuscript notation "Visited by Dr

paint losses

Antique etiquette and oratory handbook published in 1860 by Dick & Fitzgerald

pattern number 954 A

Light wear and minor spotting

A scarce example of early 19th-century American juvenile moral instruction literature

An antique 1/6th plate ruby ambrotype photograph depicting a young man seated at left with two young women

and display

original patina throughout

Translated by Jean Hugard and edited by Paul Fleming with illustrations posed by Frederick Braue and drawn by Donna Allen

It features a rotund design and a nicely woven handle design