λ A FRENCH TORTOISESHELL AND GILT METAL BRACKET CLOCK AND BRACKET

λ A FRENCH TORTOISESHELL AND GILT METAL BRACKET CLOCK AND BRACKET

BY SAVARY, PARIS, LATE 18TH CENTURY

the brass eight day movement with an anchor escapement and striking on a bell, the gilt dial inset with black enamel Roman and Arabic numerals around a centre inscribed 'SAVARY A Paris', the waisted, tortoiseshell case with gilt metal foliate and figural mounts beneath a putti finial, with a pendulum, together with a Régence giltwood and ebonised bracket, the grotesque mask with floral swags (2)

the clock 55cm high, the bracket 28cm high, 34.5cm wide

Provenance

The Charrington Family Collection, Winchfield House, Hampshire.