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A Glasgow School Art Nouveau standing clock, with repousse decorated dial by Margaret Thomson Wilson

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A Glasgow School Art Nouveau standing clock, with repousse decorated dial by Margaret Thomson Wilson
A Glasgow School Art Nouveau standing clock, with repousse decorated dial by Margaret Thomson Wilson, circa 1900, the single train movement with square train brass dial, the chapter ring with Roman numerals, enclosed by two female figures, one holds a model of a galleon, each with hands outstretched to touch a stylised hour glass above sinuous plant forms, the whole enclosed within stained beech case with foliate pierced side panels, and flowerhead pierced panel of the front, the whole raised on four tall square section tapering supports, 72.5cm wide, 206cm high, 35cm deep Note: Margaret Thomson Wilson was born in Cambuslang in 1864 and died suddenly in Glasgow in 1912. She enrolled as a student at the Glasgow School of Art in 1892 where she participated in a wide variety of disciplines but most particularly her emphasis was on repousse metalwork. She became a member of the Glasgow Society of Lady Artists from about 1893. In 1898 she exhibited at the People's Palace Inaugural Exhibition in Glasgow and from this point exhibited widely, mainly in paintings and metalwork until her death in 1912. A report in the Studio magazine of 1899 of 'The Glasgow School of Art Club' annual exhibition at the Fine Art Institute regarded her hammered brass as 'work of excellent quality'. Of the exhibition as a whole, it was reported 'no one interested can fail to observe in the best works of the School of Art Club a direct interogation of nature, a study of the refinements of line, a consideration of the exigencies of material, and an effort at expression in the design itself of the purpose of its creation' Ref: The Studio Magazine January 16th 1899, vol 15 pages 276-281, ill. page 281. Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries, Catalogue, 'The Glasgow Style 1890-1920', 27 July - 7 October 1984, pub. 1984, page 53. £6,000-8,000
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