Sale 2435
New York
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14 - 15 April 2011
Price realised
USD 25,000
Estimate
A FRENCH ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE AND ROUGE GRIOTTE MARBLE FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK BY LEMERLE-CHARPENTIER & CIE., PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY The architectural clockcase surmounted by a festooned urn, above a barrel-form clockcase flanked on each side by a garland-bearing putto, the dial signed LEMERLE-CHARPENTIER & CIE Bronziers Paris 8, Rue Charlot, on a shaped marble base with toupie feet 32¼ in. (82 cm.) high, 22½ in. (57.2 cm.) wide, 10 in. (25.4 cm.) deep (3)
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