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Lot 297 |PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED COBALT BLUE-GROUND SEVRES-STYLE PORCELAIN THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Closed12 November 2020
Price Realised
GBP 30,000
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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED COBALT BLUE-GROUND SEVRES-STYLE PORCELAIN THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Comprising a mantle clock and a pair of vases and covers; the clock centred by a vase with a portrait medallion of Louis XVI above a circular enamel dial suspended by a ribbon and floral garlands and signed 'LEROY/ A PARIS,' the twin barrel movement with strike on bell, raised on an architectural base flanked by Classical maidens above a breakfront frieze inset with 'jewelled' enamelled and finely painted porcelain plaques depicting members of the French royal family, the vases similarly decorated and decorated with portraits of Marie Antoinette and Marie Leszczynska, respectively, on canted square bases raised on toupie feet
The clock: 35 ½ in. high (90.5 cm) high; 30 ¼ in. (77 cm.) wide
The vases: 26 ¼ in. (66.5 cm.) high
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Comprising a mantle clock and a pair of vases and covers; the clock centred by a vase with a portrait medallion of Louis XVI above a circular enamel dial suspended by a ribbon and floral garlands and signed 'LEROY/ A PARIS,' the twin barrel movement with strike on bell, raised on an architectural base flanked by Classical maidens above a breakfront frieze inset with 'jewelled' enamelled and finely painted porcelain plaques depicting members of the French royal family, the vases similarly decorated and decorated with portraits of Marie Antoinette and Marie Leszczynska, respectively, on canted square bases raised on toupie feet
The clock: 35 ½ in. high (90.5 cm) high; 30 ¼ in. (77 cm.) wide
The vases: 26 ¼ in. (66.5 cm.) high
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED COBALT BLUE-GROUND SEVRES-STYLE PORCELAIN THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Comprising a mantle clock and a pair of vases and covers; the clock centred by a vase with a portrait medallion of Louis XVI above a circular enamel dial suspended by a ribbon and floral garlands and signed 'LEROY/ A PARIS,' the twin barrel movement with strike on bell, raised on an architectural base flanked by Classical maidens above a breakfront frieze inset with 'jewelled' enamelled and finely painted porcelain plaques depicting members of the French royal family, the vases similarly decorated and decorated with portraits of Marie Antoinette and Marie Leszczynska, respectively, on canted square bases raised on toupie feet
The clock: 35 ½ in. high (90.5 cm) high; 30 ¼ in. (77 cm.) wide
The vases: 26 ¼ in. (66.5 cm.) high
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Comprising a mantle clock and a pair of vases and covers; the clock centred by a vase with a portrait medallion of Louis XVI above a circular enamel dial suspended by a ribbon and floral garlands and signed 'LEROY/ A PARIS,' the twin barrel movement with strike on bell, raised on an architectural base flanked by Classical maidens above a breakfront frieze inset with 'jewelled' enamelled and finely painted porcelain plaques depicting members of the French royal family, the vases similarly decorated and decorated with portraits of Marie Antoinette and Marie Leszczynska, respectively, on canted square bases raised on toupie feet
The clock: 35 ½ in. high (90.5 cm) high; 30 ¼ in. (77 cm.) wide
The vases: 26 ¼ in. (66.5 cm.) high
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