Lot Essay
An identical porcelain group was in the E. Chappy collection, sold Paris, 1907, lot 701.
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THE ORMOLU BASE PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY AND ASSOCIATED, THE CLOCK AND TREE 19TH CENTURY
Details
A FRENCH ORMOLU AND MEISSEN PORCELAIN MANTEL CLOCK
THE ORMOLU BASE PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY AND ASSOCIATED, THE CLOCK AND TREE 19TH CENTURY
The circular enamelled dial with Roman numerals inscribed 'RAINGO FR/GERES A PARIS', the movement inscribed 'P.G. Brevete', 'Raingo frères A PARIS', 'Cailly FR/GERES' and numbered '1027', within a bocage of flowers and before an amorous couple flanked by a youth, on a pierced C-scroll and foliate foot
14½ in. (37 cm.) high
THE ORMOLU BASE PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY AND ASSOCIATED, THE CLOCK AND TREE 19TH CENTURY
The circular enamelled dial with Roman numerals inscribed 'RAINGO FR/GERES A PARIS', the movement inscribed 'P.G. Brevete', 'Raingo frères A PARIS', 'Cailly FR/GERES' and numbered '1027', within a bocage of flowers and before an amorous couple flanked by a youth, on a pierced C-scroll and foliate foot
14½ in. (37 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 12 October 1973, lot 363.