Lot Essay
A clock of related design is illustrated in Peter Heuer & Klaus Maurice, Europaïsche Pendeluhren, Munich, 1988, p.249. Fig.510.
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EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU FIGURAL STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The case modelled as cupid with inset enamel eyes, carrying a basket with grapes centred by an enamel chapter ring with engine turned centre, blued steel moon hands, eigth-day twin barrel movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike on bell; pendulum, winding key
35 cm. high
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The case modelled as cupid with inset enamel eyes, carrying a basket with grapes centred by an enamel chapter ring with engine turned centre, blued steel moon hands, eigth-day twin barrel movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike on bell; pendulum, winding key
35 cm. high
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