Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 30th March 2022
Lot 259
A FRENCH ORMOLU AND PORCELAIN MANTEL CLOCK IN LOUIS XVI STYLE
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £550
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Description
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.