Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 21st October 2020
Lot 172
A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU AND PORCELAIN MOUNTED MANTEL CLOCK BY J. EDMONDS
Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £350
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Description
A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU AND PORCELAIN MOUNTED MANTEL CLOCK
BY J. EDMONDS, C.1870
in Louis XVI style, the brass drum eight day movement, with an outside countwheel, striking on a bell, the backplate signed 'J. Edmonds a Paris' and numbered '220' and 'RD69', the circular white enamel dial with Roman numerals, signed 'J. Edmonds A Paris', the classical case inset with plaques painted with flowers and a cherub, with an urn and flower surmount above laurel leaf swags and with two cherubs personifying art and architecture, on lion's paw feet
44.6cm high, 35.5cm wide