Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 17th January 2024
Lot 324
A FRENCH GILT ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £630
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Description
A FRENCH GILT ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
BY HRY MARC, IN EMPIRE STYLE, MID-19TH CENTURY
the brass movement with an outside count wheel and striking on a bell, the backplate stamped 'Hy Marc, Paris, 12140', the white enamel dial with black Roman numerals and inscribed 'Hry Marc a Paris', in a rocky case surmounted by maps and flanked by a standing figure of Napoleon Bonaparte, the base with a large oval plaque of Napoleon facing the Duke of Wellington on horseback, with applied scrolling foliage to the corners, on a plinth with further scrolling foliage and flowerheads, with a key and pendulum
47cm high, 34.2cm wide,11.3cm deep