VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A Louis XV wall clock, the movement inscribed Caron a Paris, with brass chapter ring engraved with an outer minute band enclosing white and blue enamel Roman numerals, white enamel roundel to centre, and white enamel plaque below inscribed Caron a Paris, in ormolu-mounted and brass-inlaid balloon-shaped tortoiseshell case, the shaped pediment centred by a female portrait mask flanked by acanthus scrolls and surmounted by a flaming oil lamp, the rectangular base cast with a continuous band of stylised anthemions below a glazed door mounted with a shell and scroll motif, ending in a stylised finial, 16½ins (42cms) high
Details
A Louis XV wall clock, the movement inscribed Caron a Paris, with brass chapter ring engraved with an outer minute band enclosing white and blue enamel Roman numerals, white enamel roundel to centre, and white enamel plaque below inscribed Caron a Paris, in ormolu-mounted and brass-inlaid balloon-shaped tortoiseshell case, the shaped pediment centred by a female portrait mask flanked by acanthus scrolls and surmounted by a flaming oil lamp, the rectangular base cast with a continuous band of stylised anthemions below a glazed door mounted with a shell and scroll motif, ending in a stylised finial, 16½ins (42cms) high