Lot 1870

A LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU, PORCELAIN-MOUNTED MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK

Circa 1790

Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Hammer price: £1,400
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

Surmounted by an urn with berried fruit garlands, above the drum-shaped movement, supported on a pair of rectangular-shaped architectural uprights, each with a lyre surmount with laurel garlands, the scrolled base with ormolu-framed circular Wedgwood-style porcelain roundels of mythological figures, and with a pierced ormolu apron cast with vine, centred with a circular porcelain medallion in the Wedgwood style raised with a mythological figure of a warrior, on a pair of shaped black marble plinths, the shaped base with beaded edge and pierced inset foliate panels, the circular 5in white enamel convex dial with Arabic numerals and pierced gilt latten hands, the twin train movement with countwheel strike on a bell

54cm high; 39cm wide; 10cm deep

CONDITION REPORT

With pendulum and key.

The clock is in very good condition and is in working order having recently been cleaned.

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