Lot Essay
See footnote for lot 226
LATE 19TH CENTURY, BY F. BARBEDIENNE
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A LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE
Late 19th Century, By F. Barbedienne
The clock surmounted by an urn with a domed lid crested by a leaf-tip cast fruiting finial over a moulding pierced with vitruvian scrolls applied at the sides with pierced scrolling handles and paterae issuing berried-laurel swags over a stepped recntagular fluted plinth applied with flowering swags and inset with a circular dial with Arabic numerals, on foliate cast toupie feet, twice inscribed F. BARBEDIENNE, together with a pair of urns on similarly decorated plinths, inscribed F. BARBEDIENNE
The clock 25½in. (64.7cm.) high; the urns 21½in. (54.6cm.) high
Late 19th Century, By F. Barbedienne
The clock surmounted by an urn with a domed lid crested by a leaf-tip cast fruiting finial over a moulding pierced with vitruvian scrolls applied at the sides with pierced scrolling handles and paterae issuing berried-laurel swags over a stepped recntagular fluted plinth applied with flowering swags and inset with a circular dial with Arabic numerals, on foliate cast toupie feet, twice inscribed F. BARBEDIENNE, together with a pair of urns on similarly decorated plinths, inscribed F. BARBEDIENNE
The clock 25½in. (64.7cm.) high; the urns 21½in. (54.6cm.) high