Bidspirit auction | Bronze Art-Nouveau mantel clock

Bronze Art-Nouveau mantel clock - A bronze Art-Nouveau mantel clock, presented by the Jewish Home for Convalescents in Brooklyn in 1918. Probably made as a gift to the president Woodrow Wilson, with whom representatives of the Home met that year. Bears an inscription: ”Presented by the Directors of the Jewish Home for Convalescents to our President, Nov. 28th, 1918”. Designed in the form of a woman reading a book, leaned on the clock. Width: 50 cm.