A FRENCH ORMOLU AND PORCELAIN MANTEL CLOCK IN LOUIS XVI STYLE

A FRENCH ORMOLU AND PORCELAIN MANTEL CLOCK IN LOUIS XVI STYLE

LATE 19TH CENTURY

the brass eight day drum movement striking on a bell, the backplate stamped 'Rollin a Paris', the circular dial with Roman numerals, the case with porcelain panels painted with figures, flowers and portrait busts, with an urn finial, the base with scrolls and laurel leaves

24.6cm high, 20.2cm wide

Provenance

Purchased by the vendor's family from R. G. A. Wells, Horologist, Guildford on the 21st February 1949.