Clock — 'The Courier of St. Petersburg' mantelpiece clock, Great Britain, ca. 1850

Clock in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number S.877-1981), made in Great Britain, dated ca. 1850. The museum's brief description reads: Decorative mantelpiece clock with image of Andrew Ducrow riding five in hand. Mahogany and brass, English, ca.1850. Museum description: Mahogany mantelpiece clock with a modern movement in a hexagonal case on a rectangular stand with brass ball feet, with inlaid brass detail and a brass cut-out panel along the front of the stand depicting Andrew Ducrow's Courier of St. Petersburg act of horsemanship riding five in hand, standing on the rear two horses, the other three in front. The clock has a turned wooden onion-shaped finial, brass loops at each side and a drawer in the right hand side. The museum records it as mahogany, brass, measuring Height 57.0 cm; Width 36.0 cm; Depth 15.7 cm. These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.