Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 03 Oct 2024
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A PAINTED GILTWOOD HANGING WATCHSTAND
£300 - £500
A PAINTED GILTWOOD HANGING WATCHSTAND
PROBABLY ITALIAN OR FRENCH, 18TH CENTURY
in the form of a lyre, decorated with scrolls, rocaille and a flowerbud finial above a watch by Julien Le Roy of Paris, the body applied with hand-coloured engravings of a palazzo and a view of Venice behind wire strings to the sound box, the back with further 18th and 19th century engravings
65.3 x 28cm
Provenance
The Collection of Edward Croft-Murray CBE (1907-1980).
Purchased from these rooms, Furniture, Clocks & Works of Art, 6th July 2021, lot 337.