A DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED WHITE AND BLACK MARBLE STRIKING PORTICO CLOCK
BARRAND, PARIS. LATE 18TH CENTURY
Of typical form with vase finials, white enamel dial signed Barrand à Paris, pierced ormolu hands, the supports with foliate mounts centred by female masks, the plinth with relief cast band depicting putti, eight day twin barrel movement with silk suspension and outside countwheel strike on bell; Apollo mask pendulum; winding key
52 cm. high
On an ebonised brass lined plinth base with glass dome -67 cm. high overall (3)
A DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED WHITE AND BLACK MARBLE STRIKING PORTICO CLOCK
BARRAND, PARIS. LATE 18TH CENTURY
Of typical form with vase finials, white enamel dial signed Barrand à Paris, pierced ormolu hands, the supports with foliate mounts centred by female masks, the plinth with relief cast band depicting putti, eight day twin barrel movement with silk suspension and outside countwheel strike on bell; Apollo mask pendulum; winding key
52 cm. high
On an ebonised brass lined plinth base with glass dome -67 cm. high overall (3)
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