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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Clock, silver, vertical oblong form with swelling sides and a wider base at the front, a hinged door at the back with silver knob and catch, a round glazed dial with silver hour and minute hands, a brass movement inside supported on a wood block; the dial enamelled in blue and green diffused enamel and inscribed in silver (from a heart at 6 o'clock) TEMPVS FVGIT, the lower front stamped with a stylised flower motif.
Archibald Knox (1864-1933) drew on his interest in Celtic art when designing this clock. The shape echoes the base of a Celtic cross, while the enamelling of the dial alludes to the use of enamels in ancient Celtic metalwork. Knox was a leading British exponent of the Art Nouveau style. The clock’s gently curved outline and the stamped floral motif are typical of his Celtic-inspired designs for Liberty, thanks to which British Art Nouveau has become known worldwide as the 'Liberty Style'.
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