Lot 2
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A NAPOLEON III PORCELAIN-MOUNTED ORMOLU AND CHAMPLÉVE ENAMEL STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
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A NAPOLEON III PORCELAIN-MOUNTED ORMOLU AND CHAMPLÉVE ENAMEL STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK

CIRCA 1860

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A NAPOLEON III PORCELAIN-MOUNTED ORMOLU AND CHAMPLÉVE ENAMEL STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
CIRCA 1860
CASE: the rectangular case with outset columns to the angles with floral finials above Corinthian capitals and applied foliage to corners, urn finial to centre, with scrolling foliate and floral enamel decoration to front and sides and inset with porcelain panels depicting putti, the front panel with a classical female figure and putti, and set within a paste-set border DIAL: the white enamel dial within paste-set bezel, with gilt floral swags, and a putto to centre, Roman hours and gilt-brass hands, signed E. Roy, with retailers signature partly rubbed H LTED. 5.7.9 REGENT STREET MOVEMENT: the twin barrel movement with Brocot escapement and rack-striking to gong, the back-plate stamped MADE IN FRANCE, the number 1950 and with the trademark for Vincenti & Cie 1855, with pendulum numbered 130
16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) high; 7 5/8 in. (19.2 cm.) wide; 6½ in. (16.5cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

A similar clock by Sennet Freres, from the collection of Dowager Empress Ci Xi, is in The Palace Museum collection, Beijing.
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
Lang Xiuhua and Qin Xiaopei, Clocks and Watches of the Qing Dynasty - From the Collection of the Forbidden City, Foreign Language Press, China, 2002, pl. 122.

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