Lot Essay
See anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 23 April 2004, lot 232 for a similar example.
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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A MEISSEN (OUTSIDE-DECORATED) FLOWER-ENCRUSTED CLOCK ON FIXED STAND
LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS AND INCISIONS TO BOTH, PAINTED 30 TO STAND, THE CLOCK WORKS STAMPED LENZKIRCH
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A MEISSEN (OUTSIDE-DECORATED) FLOWER-ENCRUSTED CLOCK ON FIXED STAND
LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS AND INCISIONS TO BOTH, PAINTED 30 TO STAND, THE CLOCK WORKS STAMPED LENZKIRCH
In the neo-Rococo taste, the ciruclar drum surmounted by a putto playing a lyre resting on a golden winged orb flanked by two further putti stringing flower garlands among rocaille scrolls and trailing encrusted flowers, raised on four scroll feet, on a conforming stand painted and applied with flowers
21 in. (53.4 cm.) high
LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS AND INCISIONS TO BOTH, PAINTED 30 TO STAND, THE CLOCK WORKS STAMPED LENZKIRCH
In the neo-Rococo taste, the ciruclar drum surmounted by a putto playing a lyre resting on a golden winged orb flanked by two further putti stringing flower garlands among rocaille scrolls and trailing encrusted flowers, raised on four scroll feet, on a conforming stand painted and applied with flowers
21 in. (53.4 cm.) high