A Pretty 19thC Circular Painted Grandfather Clock Dial sub-Curios Eric the elephant

Eric the elephant

is the creation of ornaments using the coloured sands layered in vials and jars

used to keep the cases snug in the box

attributed to Vermeer

with standing winged creatures in each corner

A Pretty 19thC Circular Painted Grandfather Clock Dial sub-Curios Eric the elephantOrigin: English Period: Mid Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1840 Diameter: 14 inches The round face having hand painted roman numerals and digits with winding holes and two vacant subsidiary dials on an ivory ground having a mirrored pair of colourful nightingale birds amongst flora painted to the center. Once having been the face of a long case clock, this dial is in as found condition and has not been cleaned or restored in any way,