AN EMPIRE ORMOLU FIGURAL STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
Lot 454

AN EMPIRE ORMOLU FIGURAL STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Closed16 December 2008

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EUR 5,000

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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU FIGURAL STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The case modelled as cupid with inset enamel eyes, carrying a basket with grapes centred by an enamel chapter ring with engine turned centre, blued steel moon hands, eigth-day twin barrel movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike on bell; pendulum, winding key
35 cm. high

Specialist note

A clock of related design is illustrated in Peter Heuer & Klaus Maurice, Europaïsche Pendeluhren, Munich, 1988, p.249. Fig.510.