Sculpted and chased in the form of a cliff with a tree, centring a dial with Roman chapters and pierced hands, all within a ribbon-tied laurel bezel, surmounted by a trumpet-playing angel, on a red marble base, marked on lower edge with 'W.A. Bolin'
21¹⁄₂ in. (54.5 cm.) high, including base

Commissioned from Bolin for the Swedish Ambassador in Moscow.
Acquired by the father of the present owner from the House of Bolin in the 1980s.

E‌xhibition catalogue, M. Ribbing et al., Jewellery & Silver for Tsars, Queens and Others, W.A. Bolin 200 Years, Stockholm, 1996, p. 127 (illustrated).
E‌xhibition catalogue, C. Bolin and P. Bulatov (eds.), Bolin in Russia. Court Jeweller late XIX – early XX Centuries, Moscow, 2001, p. 145, no. 71 (illustrated).

St Petersburg, Moscow and Stockholm, Jewellery & Silver for Tsars, Queens and Others, W.A. Bolin 200 Years, 1996.
Moscow, State Kremlin Museum, Bolin in Russia. Court Jeweller late XIX – early XX Centuries, 9 October 2001 - 17 January 2002, no. 71.

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Wilhelm James Bolin (1861-1934), was the son of Henrik Conrad Bolin (1818-1888) who had founded the family's Moscow branch - 'Shanks & Bolin' in 1852. Whilst Wilhelm's cousins operated the St Petersburg branch 'C.E. Bolin', he took over his father's business in Moscow. In 1912 he changed the name of the shop after his own - 'W.A. Bolin' - after which the stamp 'W.A. Bolin', as seen on this clock, came into use. Wilhelm Bolin was awarded the title of the supplier to the Imperial Russian Court on 25 December 1912.