Lot Essay
Another version of this clock is illustrated Tardy, French Clocks, 1981, Part 2, pl.LXXXIII. Two similar clocks were sold Christie's House Sale, Godmersham Park 6-9 June 1983, lots 101 and 347.
The Property of
The late Hon. Mrs Bootle-Wilbraham
Sold by Order of the Executors
AN EMPIRE ORMOLU AND BRONZED MANTEL CLOCK with circular enamelled roman-chaptered dial signed Thomire & Ce. à Paris Moinet Ainé Hge. with movement stamped BR 1839 & 72, in a rectangular case with flowerspray spandrels and surmounted by a dove in an arched doorway, the door engraved L'artiste Du Jour, supported by a moustached masked harlequin entwined with ropes, on a rectangular breakfront plinth with roundel back and foliate strapwork frieze mount flanked by insects, on bun feet
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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU AND BRONZED MANTEL CLOCK with circular enamelled roman-chaptered dial signed Thomire & Ce. à Paris Moinet Ainé Hge. with movement stamped BR 1839 & 72, in a rectangular case with flowerspray spandrels and surmounted by a dove in an arched doorway, the door engraved L'artiste Du Jour, supported by a moustached masked harlequin entwined with ropes, on a rectangular breakfront plinth with roundel back and foliate strapwork frieze mount flanked by insects, on bun feet
13in. (33cm.) high
13in. (33cm.) high