A CHARLES X ORMOLU AND BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK, the circular enamelled dial with Roman chapters and the twin barrel movement with countwheel strike on bell, within a guilloche border on an urn-shaped body with a swan with spread wings to either side, surmounted by a cherub on a chariot drawn by two doves through a cloud-shaped base, on a waisted foot with stiff-leaf rim, the oval socle centred by a ribbon-tied bow and quiver within oak leaf branches, on turned bun feet, the backplate stamped PINCHON A PARIS, MEDAILLE DE BRONZE/S. MARTI/CIE, 57C/P and 52
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A CHARLES X ORMOLU AND BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK, the circular enamelled dial with Roman chapters and the twin barrel movement with countwheel strike on bell, within a guilloche border on an urn-shaped body with a swan with spread wings to either side, surmounted by a cherub on a chariot drawn by two doves through a cloud-shaped base, on a waisted foot with stiff-leaf rim, the oval socle centred by a ribbon-tied bow and quiver within oak leaf branches, on turned bun feet, the backplate stamped PINCHON A PARIS, MEDAILLE DE BRONZE/S. MARTI/CIE, 57C/P and 52
16in. (41cm.) high
Lot Essay
Vernon Pinchon, active second quarter 19th Century