AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES STYLE 'JEWELLED' FUCHSIA AND CLARET GROUND THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE
AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES STYLE 'JEWELLED' FUCHSIA AND CLARET GROUND THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE

MID-TO-LATE 19TH CENTURY, THE MOVEMENT STAMPED JAPY FRERES MED.(AILLE) D'HONN(EUR), 1114

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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES STYLE 'JEWELLED' FUCHSIA AND CLARET GROUND THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE
MID-TO-LATE 19TH CENTURY, THE MOVEMENT STAMPED JAPY FRERES MED.(AILLE) D'HONN(EUR), 1114
THE CLOCK OF ARCHITECTUAL FORM, SURMOUNTED BY A FOLIATE SPRAY ABOVE VITRUVIAN SCROLLS, THE FRONT APPLIED WITH A LION MASK ABOVE RIBBON-TIED LAUREL SWAGS, THE FACE ENAMELLED WITH A 'JEWELLED' ROSETTE WITHIN ROMAN CHAPTERS, THE LOWER PANEL PAINTED WITH A CLASSICAL MAIDEN IN THE GUISE OF A RIVER GODDESS ABOVE BILLING DOVES, THE SIDES WITH 'JEWELLED' PANELS APPLIED WITH PORTRAIT MEDALLIONS, FLANKED BY CONFORMING FIVE-LIGHT CANDELABRAS OF AMPHORA FORM, EACH SHOULDER CAST WITH LION MASKS SET ON A KEY-PATTERN BAND, RAISED ON FOUR HOOF FEET ABOVE A FOOTED DRAPERY DIAS
22¼ IN. (56.5 CM.) HIGH, THE CANDELABRA (3)

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