AN EMPIRE ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK

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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
In two-tone gilding, the white enamelled Roman dial painted with floral garlands and signed 'à Paris', within a stiff-leaf cast ribbon-suspended bezel, the arched waisted open case surmounted by a leaf-wrapped vase with berried foliate finial and draped with oak-leaf garlands, the spreading volute supports cast with trailing foliage and fruited garlands, on a stepped rectangular panelled base mounted with eagle's heads, scrolling foliage and berried flower-heads, above an acanthus-cast apron and waisted leaf-wrapped feet
21½ in. (55 cm.) high; 15 in. (38 cm.) wide; 6¼ in. (16 cm.) deep

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

拍品專文

This festive ormolu clock was executed at the beginning of the 19th Century although in a slightly earlier style. The quality of the two-tone gilding, in reddish and yellow tints, the chasing and burnishing are all extremely high. The chased surfaces have a mat, almost powdery finish, also called mat mercure, a technique developed by Pierre Gouthière (1732-1813) at the end of the 18th Century, whereby chased ormolu items are probably wrapped in a crust of salt and placed over a source of heat. The salt would penetrate in the chased parts which would result in a mat finish.