Lot Essay
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LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Details
A bronze-mounted tortoiseshell, brass and marquetry watch-stand
Late 19th/early 20th Century
The case modelled as a bracket clock and inlaid overall scrolling foliate trails, the sides inlaid with a floral trellis with arched top centred by an Espagnolette and surmounted by a cherub with a lyre, the aperture above a panel with a mount depicting hope, on scrolling acanthus feet, and a pocket watch - 27.5cm. high; And a stained wood watch-stand, circa 1900, the baloon-shaped case carved with C-scrolls and rockwork, and a pocket watch - 20cm. high (4)
Late 19th/early 20th Century
The case modelled as a bracket clock and inlaid overall scrolling foliate trails, the sides inlaid with a floral trellis with arched top centred by an Espagnolette and surmounted by a cherub with a lyre, the aperture above a panel with a mount depicting hope, on scrolling acanthus feet, and a pocket watch - 27.5cm. high; And a stained wood watch-stand, circa 1900, the baloon-shaped case carved with C-scrolls and rockwork, and a pocket watch - 20cm. high (4)
Special notice
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Sale room notice
The stained wood watch-stand in lot 732 has been on view as lot 714.