A MEISSEN MYTHOLOGICAL FLOWER-ENCRUSTED MANTEL CLOCK
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE MIDWESTERN COLLECTION (LOT 371)
A MEISSEN MYTHOLOGICAL FLOWER-ENCRUSTED MANTEL CLOCK

LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INCISED MODEL NO. 385., IMPRESSED 143, IRON-RED PAINTED 28., THE MOVEMENT WITH IMPRESSED GB MONOGRAM, CROWNED ANCHOR MARK AND 778810

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A MEISSEN MYTHOLOGICAL FLOWER-ENCRUSTED MANTEL CLOCK
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INCISED MODEL NO. 385., IMPRESSED 143, IRON-RED PAINTED 28., THE MOVEMENT WITH IMPRESSED GB MONOGRAM, CROWNED ANCHOR MARK AND 778810
Modeled as Diana seated next to a rocaille clock case, the ormolu clock face set with enameled Roman numerals, all atop a plinth applied with the mask and wings of Father Time and painted after Watteau with a couple in landscape, a putto and his dog seated atop one of the four scroll feet
15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm.) high

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Cf. the Meissen Tradesman's Catalogue, 1911, pl. 51.

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