AN 18TH CENTURY LOUIS XVI PERIOD GILT BRONZE AND WHITE
AN 18TH CENTURY LOUIS XVI PERIOD GILT BRONZE AND WHITE MARBLE FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK SIGNED ETIENNE GOMET, PARIS
the case surmounted by an ormolu mount of doves on a quiver of arrows and a flaming torch, the shaped white marble plinth surmounted by a putto holding a horn beside a hound and a rifle beside an oak tree, the white enamelled dial signed 'Gomet a Paris', with Arabic numerals and Roman five minute markers, the twin barrel movement with flat bottomed plates, silk suspension and outside countwheel striking on a bell, with pendulum,
39cm high
The movement is ticking and striking but not fully tested or guaranteed.
Related Literature: C.H. Baillie lists Etienne Gomet as Maitre in Paris from 1776-1789.
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AN 18TH CENTURY LOUIS XVI PERIOD GILT BRONZE AND WHITE MARBLE FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK SIGNED ETIENNE GOMET, PARIS
the case surmounted by an ormolu mount of doves on a quiver of arrows and a flaming torch, the shaped white marble plinth surmounted by a putto holding a horn beside a hound and a rifle beside an oak tree, the white enamelled dial signed 'Gomet a Paris', with Arabic numerals and Roman five minute markers, the twin barrel movement with flat bottomed plates, silk suspension and outside countwheel striking on a bell, with pendulum,
39cm high
The movement is ticking and striking but not fully tested or guaranteed.
Related Literature: C.H. Baillie lists Etienne Gomet as Maitre in Paris from 1776-1789.