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The Domino clock

Artist: Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868 - 1928)

Location: Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Date: 1917

Materials: wood, ivory, green & purple erinoid

Dimensions: 26 x 13 x 13 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £15,000 (Total: £60,000)

Vendor: British Rail Pension Fund

Review number: 4122 (1994)

Provenance:
By descent in the family of W.J.Bassett-Lowke; Sotheby's, 10/11/76, lot 74, British Rail Pension Fund.

Description:
The clock has a square face & is inlaid with ivory domino numerals. The pattern is repeated in the centre of the face in red & green erinoid. The clock stands on six tall slender legs of square section, these, like the base are inlaid with ivory & ernoid.

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