Sale 9888
London, South Kensington
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14 July 2004
Price realised
GBP 7,768
Estimate
A French large ormolu striking mantel clock and garniture, circa 1880 The case cast elaborately with foliage and surmounted by the figure of a standing bacchante playing pipes, with three amorini beside her, one playing the cymbals and another a drum, the foliate cast dial applied with individual white enamel Roman chapters, blued steel trefoil hands, the eight day twin barrel movement with strike on bell -- 28½in. (72cm.) high; and the pair of eight-light candelabra en suite, each modelled with an amorino playing pipes -- 28in. (71cm.) high (3)
Provenance
The sale of the contents of 36 Bruton Street by order of the Executors of the Countess of Orford, 27th September 1909, by Phillips, Son and Neale, lot 24.
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