Lot 397
FINE AND LARGE FRENCH BRONZE AND MARBLE CLOCK GARNITURE EMBLEMATIC OF LITERATURE
19TH CENTURY
Auction: 28 September 2016 at 12:00 BST
£5,000
Description
the white enamel Roman number dial with an exposed escapement, set in a column surmounted by a trophy representing the arts, flanked by standing bronze figures of the muses Clio and Calliope, on a fluted oval green marble base with gilt metal mounts, raised on toupie feet; together with a pair of bronze figures of Shakespeare and Milton, on matching fluted marble bases; the eight day movement stamped MF & F and striking a bell, the dial inscribed indistinctly '**UGHWOUT/ Paris New York'
Dimensions
76cm high, 76cm wide