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Lot 265
A LARGE FRENCH ORMOLU BRACKET CLOCK
OF LOUIS XIV STYLE, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Closed12 November 2020
Price Realised
GBP 27,500
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A LARGE FRENCH ORMOLU BRACKET CLOCK
OF LOUIS XIV STYLE, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Of architectural out-shape, the case surmounted with a kneeling putto holding an hourglass and flanked by female herm figures above a central dial with individual enamel cartouches painted with Roman numerals, above an Apollo mask to the front and the reverse, raised on two lion-paw feet and supported on a tapering bracket centred by a strapwork shell between female masks to the corners above scrolling acanthus and leafing branches and flowering trellis panels terminating in a berry clasp, the twin barrel movement signed and numbered 'Paquet/ A PARIS/ 437'
60 ¼ in. (152.5 cm.) high; 27 in. (68.5 cm.) wide; 11 in. (28 cm.)
OF LOUIS XIV STYLE, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Of architectural out-shape, the case surmounted with a kneeling putto holding an hourglass and flanked by female herm figures above a central dial with individual enamel cartouches painted with Roman numerals, above an Apollo mask to the front and the reverse, raised on two lion-paw feet and supported on a tapering bracket centred by a strapwork shell between female masks to the corners above scrolling acanthus and leafing branches and flowering trellis panels terminating in a berry clasp, the twin barrel movement signed and numbered 'Paquet/ A PARIS/ 437'
60 ¼ in. (152.5 cm.) high; 27 in. (68.5 cm.) wide; 11 in. (28 cm.)
A LARGE FRENCH ORMOLU BRACKET CLOCK
OF LOUIS XIV STYLE, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Of architectural out-shape, the case surmounted with a kneeling putto holding an hourglass and flanked by female herm figures above a central dial with individual enamel cartouches painted with Roman numerals, above an Apollo mask to the front and the reverse, raised on two lion-paw feet and supported on a tapering bracket centred by a strapwork shell between female masks to the corners above scrolling acanthus and leafing branches and flowering trellis panels terminating in a berry clasp, the twin barrel movement signed and numbered 'Paquet/ A PARIS/ 437'
60 ¼ in. (152.5 cm.) high; 27 in. (68.5 cm.) wide; 11 in. (28 cm.)
OF LOUIS XIV STYLE, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Of architectural out-shape, the case surmounted with a kneeling putto holding an hourglass and flanked by female herm figures above a central dial with individual enamel cartouches painted with Roman numerals, above an Apollo mask to the front and the reverse, raised on two lion-paw feet and supported on a tapering bracket centred by a strapwork shell between female masks to the corners above scrolling acanthus and leafing branches and flowering trellis panels terminating in a berry clasp, the twin barrel movement signed and numbered 'Paquet/ A PARIS/ 437'
60 ¼ in. (152.5 cm.) high; 27 in. (68.5 cm.) wide; 11 in. (28 cm.)
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