Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 3rd October 2024
Lot 693
A FRENCH ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK
Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £756
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Description
A FRENCH ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK
IN LOUIS XV STYLE, MID-19TH CENTURY
the brass eight day movement striking on a bell, stamped 'A. CHARTIER PARIS' to the backplate, on an enamelled dial with black Roman hour and Arabic minutes and inscribed 'Gille L'Aine, Paris', the case decorated with cut brass panels, Rococo scrolls and flowering foliage, with a pendulum
51.5cm high
Provenance
Purchased from Huggins and Horsey Ltd, 26 Beauchamp Place, Brompton Road, London on 21st October 1968, for £125.
From a Private Collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s.