A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED SATINE AND PARQUETRY REGULATEUR
AFTER THE MODEL BY CHARLES CRESSENT, BY PAUL SORMANI, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The asymmetrical cartouche-shaped clockcase surmounted by a figure of Chronos and set with an enamel dial with pierced hands, Roman numerals, five-minute markers and inscribed Martinot/A Paris, the movement with backplate signed THOS GAMMAGE & SON 60 Queen Victoria St., above the shaped case set with a hinged quarter-veneered door with lockplate stamped PAUL SORMANI/10 r.Charlot, Paris, above a glazed cartouche-form window revealing the Apollo-mask pendulum, on spreading base with paw-cast feet and conforming wooden plinth
99½ in. (252.5 cm) high; 33 in. (84 cm.) wide; 18 in. (46 cm.) deep
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED SATINE AND PARQUETRY REGULATEUR
AFTER THE MODEL BY CHARLES CRESSENT, BY PAUL SORMANI, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The asymmetrical cartouche-shaped clockcase surmounted by a figure of Chronos and set with an enamel dial with pierced hands, Roman numerals, five-minute markers and inscribed Martinot/A Paris, the movement with backplate signed THOS GAMMAGE & SON 60 Queen Victoria St., above the shaped case set with a hinged quarter-veneered door with lockplate stamped PAUL SORMANI/10 r.Charlot, Paris, above a glazed cartouche-form window revealing the Apollo-mask pendulum, on spreading base with paw-cast feet and conforming wooden plinth
99½ in. (252.5 cm) high; 33 in. (84 cm.) wide; 18 in. (46 cm.) deep
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