Ormolu bronze and porcelain mantel clock, Louis XV style, Napoleon...
Ormolu bronze and porcelain mantel clock, Louis XV style, Napoleon III era, France, ca. 1870.
With a cropped profile, it rests on four large scroll-shaped feet. It features abundant decoration of scrolls, acanthus leaves, shells, rhomboid trellises, and floral motifs. The body is surmounted by two large, opposing scrolls surmounted by a bouquet of roses.
The circular dial is enamelled in white with Roman numerals for the hours, Arabic numerals for the minutes, and openwork hands.
Below the dial, a marble plaque depicts a hand-painted still life of fruit and flowers, signed in the lower right corner “G. F.”
Dimensions: 55 x 20 x 37 cm.
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Ormolu bronze and porcelain mantel clock, Louis XV style, Napoleon III era, France, ca. 1870.
With a cropped profile, it rests on four large scroll-shaped feet. It features abundant decoration of scrolls, acanthus leaves, shells, rhomboid trellises, and floral motifs. The body is surmounted by two large, opposing scrolls surmounted by a bouquet of roses.
The circular dial is enamelled in white with Roman numerals for the hours, Arabic numerals for the minutes, and openwork hands.
Below the dial, a marble plaque depicts a hand-painted still life of fruit and flowers, signed in the lower right corner “G. F.”
Dimensions: 55 x 20 x 37 cm.
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Time, Location
Auction House
