Lot 1226

A FRENCH ORMOLU AND BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK

In the Louis XVI style, circa 1890

Estimate: £300 - £500
Hammer price: £600
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

The drum-shaped case modelled with a pair of cloud-bourne doves and foliate festoons, supported on a tasseled cushion and a pair of winged sphinx supports, on a shaped plinth with inset panel emblematic of the zodiac signs and flanked with ribbon-tied foliate swags, the 5 1/2in. circular white enamel dial detailed BARDE A PARIS, the twin train drum-shaped movement striking on a bell

42cm high


Condition report

With steel winding key and pendulum.  The case would benefit from a light clean.  The dial is in good condition with a very small chip around the right winding arbor.  The movement would benefit from a service

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