LEWIS FOREMAN DAY (1845-1910) FOR HOWELL & JAMES, LONDON AESTHETIC MOVEMENT MANTEL CLOCK, CIRCA
LEWIS FOREMAN DAY (1845-1910) FOR HOWELL & JAMES, LONDON AESTHETIC MOVEMENT MANTEL CLOCK, CIRCA 1880 painted porcelain dial, within carved and pierced mahogany case (24.2cm wide, 36cm high, 13.7cm deep) Literature: For an almost identical clock marked 'Howell & James', please see V&A collection, accession no. CIRC.662-1972 Note: Lewis Day was a teacher and prolific designer within the South Kensington circle, whose books frequently included Japanese examples. Although the design elements of this clock do not conform to traditional Japanese decoration, they would have suggested the Japanese taste to Day's contemporaries in Britain.
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LEWIS FOREMAN DAY (1845-1910) FOR HOWELL & JAMES, LONDON AESTHETIC MOVEMENT MANTEL CLOCK, CIRCA 1880 painted porcelain dial, within carved and pierced mahogany case (24.2cm wide, 36cm high, 13.7cm deep) Literature: For an almost identical clock marked 'Howell & James', please see V&A collection, accession no. CIRC.662-1972 Note: Lewis Day was a teacher and prolific designer within the South Kensington circle, whose books frequently included Japanese examples. Although the design elements of this clock do not conform to traditional Japanese decoration, they would have suggested the Japanese taste to Day's contemporaries in Britain.
