Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 12th April 2017
Lot 257
A late 19th century French ormolu and porcelain mounted clock garniture
Estimate £500 - £700 | Hammer £900
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Description
A late 19th century French ormolu and porcelain mounted clock garniture, the eight day movement striking on a bell, the backplate with a medaille d'honneur pastille and also stamped '62682' with a monogram 'MR', the porcelain dial with Roman numerals and painted with birds and flowers, inscribed 'MIROY-REQUIER & Cie, PARIS', the case in Louis XVI style with jewelled bleu celeste plaques painted with an amorous couple, a portrait of a lady and flowers, with laurel swags and cornucopiae, 48.5cm high, 40cm wide together with a pair of associated gilt spelter ewers, stamped 'P.H. MOUREY'. (3)
Provenance: Woolley & Wallis, 15th April 1982, lot 471.