Marks Antiques
Mayfair, London
A VICTORIAN SILVER DESK CLOCK, CALENDAR, BAROMETER, COMPASS
MAKER'S MARK OF MOJON, MANGER & CO AS SUPPLIERS STRUCK OVER THAT OF ANOTHER
LONDON, 1899
Of triangular form with two hinged sides, the surfaces and hinged handle decorated with reeding, glazed white enamel faces with black characters, the pearl finished interior lightly gilt
Overall height 9.7 cm, 3 7 / 8 in, width (closed) 8 cm, 3 1 / 4 in, width (open) 22.2 cm, 8 3 / 4 in, the underside engraved: 'REGD. No. / 206342'Mojon, Manger & Co
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Mojon, Manger & Co, incorporated as a limited liability company in 1907, was established by John Manger in the 1870s at 9 Bartlett's Buildings, Holborn Circus, London. The firm, which advertised as 'suppliers of Swiss watches, English watches, Goliath watches, watch bracelets, watches for automobiles, clocks, polyphons, and musical boxes … patentees of watches and clocks illuminated by electricity,' were still in business in the early 1920s.