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A Fine and Elaborate Gilt-Bronze and Sèvres-Style Porcelain Mantel Clock.
French, Circa 1870.
A Fine and Elaborate Gilt-Bronze and Sèvres-Style Porcelain Mantel Clock with a four inch porcelain dial painted at the centre with a putto, and surrounded by Roman numerals within a 'jewelled' gilt and bleu celeste border. The richly chased foliate gilt-bronze cast case is surmounted by a porcelain oval portrait miniature of an Eighteenth Century lady.
The bowed sides of the clock case are inset with porcelain panels painted with love and musical trophies within 'jewelled' gilt and bleu celeste borders. The front of the clock case is inset with ten further porcelain panels, similarly painted with flowers, figures and portraits all within 'jewelled' gilt and bleu celeste borders.
The bell striking movement (No.1068) is stamped with the monogram ‘AV Horlogerie, Paris’, and the clock has a Brocot escapement.
Dimensions
Height : 51 cm 20 inches Width : 28 cm 11 inches Depth : 14 cm 6 inchesStock number
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