His creative and technical virtuosity, drive and clarity of instruction led the GSAÂ’s metalwork department to become internationally venerated by 1900. This longcase clock is quintessentially Glasgow Style in form, construction and incorporation of motifs. The open, elongated ebonised longcase frame tapers slightly and is offset with small dots of colour through the inclusion of turquoise beads. The clockÂ’s large dial and pendulum feature variants on DavidsonÂ’s classic applied motif of a flock of darting swallows. The clock will eventually go on display at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum but will initially go to the Glasgow Museums Resource Centre in Nitshill.

Provenance

Peter Wylie Davidson; by descent to Muriel Davidson; then by descent.