JAPY FRÈRES ET CIE, NO.237. CIRCA 1870
Details
a french exhibition giant gilt-bronze and porcelain-mounted striking carriage clock
japy frères et cie, no.237. circa 1870
The rococo case with pineapple finials to the angles above scroll mounts trailing to palm fronds held by clambering amorini, the top centred by a porcelain cupola with pineapple finial below the foliate cast scroll handle, with cherub mount seated holding book and pen to the fore, the pink porcelain side panels painted en grisaille with cherubs supporting fruiting baskets, within leafy borders, the dial similarly painted with cherubs and with two-tone gilt Roman chapters against individual white reserves, steel moon and crescent hands, on base cast in relief with leaves and ribbons and with scroll cartouche mount to the front inset with a porcelain panel painted with musical trophies, platform lever escapement, strike on bell to the backplate with stamp for JAPY FRÈRES ET CIE within an Exposition d'Honneur stamp for 1855
10 2/3in. (27.3cm.) high to top of handle
japy frères et cie, no.237. circa 1870
The rococo case with pineapple finials to the angles above scroll mounts trailing to palm fronds held by clambering amorini, the top centred by a porcelain cupola with pineapple finial below the foliate cast scroll handle, with cherub mount seated holding book and pen to the fore, the pink porcelain side panels painted en grisaille with cherubs supporting fruiting baskets, within leafy borders, the dial similarly painted with cherubs and with two-tone gilt Roman chapters against individual white reserves, steel moon and crescent hands, on base cast in relief with leaves and ribbons and with scroll cartouche mount to the front inset with a porcelain panel painted with musical trophies, platform lever escapement, strike on bell to the backplate with stamp for JAPY FRÈRES ET CIE within an Exposition d'Honneur stamp for 1855
10 2/3in. (27.3cm.) high to top of handle
Provenance
Purchased by Mary Louise Campbell, wife of the 2nd Earl of Ellesmere, when she accompanied Queen Victoria to one of the Paris Exhibitions.
Literature
Illustrated Derek Roberts (op. cit.) p.152, fig.9-28.