AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES STYLE 'JEWELLED' COBALT-BLUE GROUND THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE
AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES STYLE 'JEWELLED' COBALT-BLUE GROUND THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE

LATE 19TH CENTURY, THE MOVEMENT WITH PARTIAL STAMP FOR JAPY FRERES, MED.(AILLE) D'HONNEUR AND 1531

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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES STYLE 'JEWELLED' COBALT-BLUE GROUND THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE
LATE 19TH CENTURY, THE MOVEMENT WITH PARTIAL STAMP FOR JAPY FRERES, MED.(AILLE) D'HONNEUR AND 1531
THE CLOCK OF SCROLLED DOUBLE-BRACKET FORM, SURMOUNTED WITH AN URN-SHAPED VASE AND COVER WITH BERRY FINIAL, LION-MASK TERMINALS AND HEART-SHAPED LOOP HANDLES, PAINTED WITH A PUTTO ON A BED ON ROSES FROLICKING AMONG CLOUDS, WITHIN A 'JEWELLED' SHAPED-OVAL CARTOUCHE, THE SHAPED-RECTANGULAR ENAMELLED CLOCK-FACE WITH ROMAN NUMERALS, PAINTED WITH CUPID FIRING AN ARROW, A MAIDEN AND PUTTO BELOW, FLANKED BY BERRIED LAUREL GARLANDS, GILT AND 'JEWELLED' WITH STYLIZED FLOWERHEADS AND A TRUMPET-SHAPED FLOWERHEAD SUPPORTING A SELECTION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS TO EACH SIDE, ABOVE 'JEWELLED' PANELS OF FLOWERHEADS AND LEAFY SCROLLS, ON EIGHT FEET, FOUR OF WHICH MOULDED WITH ACANTHUS AND BERRIES, AND TWO TAPERING SQUARE-SECTION CANDELABRA APPLIED WITH ORMOLU RAM'S HEAD TERMINALS SUSPENDING TASSELLED SWAGS, WITH FOUR LEAF-MOLDED NOZZLES AND A FIFTH ADAPTED FOR ELECTRICITY, ON RECTANGULAR LEAF-MOLDED SUPPORTS WITH SCROLLED BRACKET FEET
22 IN. (56 CM.) HIGH, THE CANDELABRA (3)

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