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LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A FRENCH ORMOLU AND BRONZE-MOUNTED ROUGE GRIOTTE MANTEL CLOCK GARNITURE
LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Comprising a mantel clock and two urns, the mantel clock with circular enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic chapters and pierced gilt hands in a drum case, flanked by seated figures emblematic of reading and writing, above a tablet centred by a medallion of Apollo flanked by sphinxes and scrolling foliage, on waisted disc feet, the movement stamped 'A1' and 'CH Paris', the door inscribed '1098'; the urns with pine-cone finial above a tapering body with ram's heads linked by swags of flowerheads, on a spirally-fluted waisted socle and moulded square plinth with tablets of scrolling foliage and vine issuing from a mask of Mercury, on disc feet, the rim of one urn chipped
The clock: 13½ in. (34 cm.) high; 27¾ in. (70.5 cm.) wide; 5¼ in. (13.5 cm.) deep
The urns: 14¾ in. (37.5 cm.) high (3)
LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Comprising a mantel clock and two urns, the mantel clock with circular enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic chapters and pierced gilt hands in a drum case, flanked by seated figures emblematic of reading and writing, above a tablet centred by a medallion of Apollo flanked by sphinxes and scrolling foliage, on waisted disc feet, the movement stamped 'A1' and 'CH Paris', the door inscribed '1098'; the urns with pine-cone finial above a tapering body with ram's heads linked by swags of flowerheads, on a spirally-fluted waisted socle and moulded square plinth with tablets of scrolling foliage and vine issuing from a mask of Mercury, on disc feet, the rim of one urn chipped
The clock: 13½ in. (34 cm.) high; 27¾ in. (70.5 cm.) wide; 5¼ in. (13.5 cm.) deep
The urns: 14¾ in. (37.5 cm.) high (3)
Special notice
VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.