Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 6th July 2021
Lot 337
A PAINTED GILTWOOD HANGING WATCHSTAND
Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £6500
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Description
A PAINTED GILTWOOD HANGING WATCHSTAND
PROBABLY ITALIAN OR FRENCH, 18TH CENTURY
in the form of a lyre, decorated with scrolls, rocaille and a leaf finial, above a watch with an enamelled dial, applied with hand coloured engravings of a palazzo and the view of Venice and 'Veue des dissept fontains de Lioncourt', the back with further engravings
65.3 x 28cm
Provenance
From the collection of Edward Croft-Murray CBE (1907-1980).