Lot 733

A FRENCH ORMOLU AND SEVRES-STYLE PORCELAIN-MOUNTED MANTEL CLOCK

In the Louis XVI style, last quarter 19th Century

Estimate: £260 - £320
Hammer price: £260
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

Surmounted by a pair of Bacchic cherubs, on an arched top, with a bearded mask and two Bacchic goats’ masks below, the arched dial with blue surround, inscribed about the centre JULIEN LEROY A PARIS, the twin train movement, also inscribed, with silk suspension and countwheel strike on a bell, on a bow-fronted base, with laurel wreath and floral-filled vase ornament, on bun feet

33cm high

Condition report

With a pendulum.

The case has three vacant holes to the upper side.  The porcelain panels are in good order.  The minute hand is very slightly mis-shaped.  The movement may require a service.

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