A GILT METAL, PEARL AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONE MOUNTED MUSICAL TABLE CLOCK

A GILT METAL, PEARL AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONE MOUNTED MUSICAL TABLE CLOCK

IN CHINESE STYLE, 20TH CENTURY

of portico form, the pocket watch style movement with a gilt dial with blue enamelled Roman hours, in a circular case surmounted by a turquoise cabochon, turquoise stone and inlaid with enamelled foliate panels, seed pearls and cut stones, on a pair of columns with navette shaped enamel panels and openwork feet, on a rectangular plinth base with engine turned decoration, four turquoise cabochons and enamelled panels around a central lapis lazuli matrix panel and containing a music box movement, on four scrolling feet

23cm high