Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 3rd October 2024
Lot 795
A FRENCH BRONZE AND SIENA MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK
Estimate £600 - £800
Inc. Buyers Premium
Description
A FRENCH BRONZE AND SIENA MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK
RETAILED BY VERDIERE, PARIS, C.1825-30
the brass eight day movement with an outside countwheel, silk suspension and striking on a bell, on a gilt bronze dial with an engine turned centre inscribed 'VERDIERE RUE DAUPHINE A PARIS' and black Roman hours, the Siena marble body with bronze mounts and surmounted by a bronze bust of Napoleon, with a pendulum
51.2cm high, 21.3cm wide, 15.2cm deep