Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 3rd October 2024
Lot 690
A FRENCH LOUIS XV CORNE VERTE AND ORMOLU MOUNTED CLOCK AND BRACKET
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1008
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Description
A FRENCH LOUIS XV CORNE VERTE AND ORMOLU MOUNTED CLOCK AND BRACKET
BY FESTEAU, PARIS, MID-18TH CENTURY
the brass eight day movement with an outside count wheel and striking on a bell, the convex white enamel dial with black Roman hours and Arabic five minutes, inscribed to the centre 'FESTEAU A PARIS' and behind a convex glass door, the case with an urn finial above a waisted body, with glazed pendulum aperture and side panes, on foliate cabriole legs, with a conforming corne verte bracket with similar mounts, with pendulum (2)
88cm high, 36.5cm wide, 18cm deep
Provenance
From the Estate of a Collector, Heath House, Hampshire.
Catalogue Note
Jacues-François Feasteau, mâitre in 1751.