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    Sale 6626

    19TH CENTURY FURNITURE AND SCULPTURE

    London

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    1 October 2002

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    • A Napoleon III Egyptian-reviva
    Lot 370

    A Napoleon III Egyptian-revival marble patinated and gilt-bronze clock garniture

    CIRCA 1865

    Price realised

    GBP 9,560

    Estimate

    GBP 8,000 - GBP 12,000

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    A Napoleon III Egyptian-revival marble patinated and gilt-bronze clock garniture
    Circa 1865
    Comprising a clock and a pair of urns; the clock surmounted by a figure of a young Egyptian woman seated on a recumbent sphinx, holding a staff in her right hand, above an architectural shaped red and black marble base, centred to the front by a circular dial inscribed Hamilton Grichton and Co. 41 George Street, Edinburgh and to the back Médaille de bronze, MARTI et Cie., flanked to each side by a column surmounted by masks; decorated all-over with Egyptian style hieroglyphs and designs; the two urns en suite
    26 in. (66 cm.) high; 24¾ in. (63 cm.) wide; 9 in. (23 cm.) deep (3)

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