FRENCH GILT BRONZE THREE PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE
19TH CENTURY
£750
Auction: 5 March 2014 at 11:00 GMT
Description
the circular white enamel dial with Arabic numerals and marked at the quarter hour, decorated with floral garlands, the eight day movement in a cylinder case supported by three putti and surmounted by a rose garland, on a circular white marble base with gilt bronze mounts, raised on toupie feet; the figural candlesticks as putti holding a flower-form candle nozzle on their head, on a matching circular white marble base on toupie feet (3)
Dimensions
28cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
Property from a private Scottish collection of clocks
Purchased Russells Antiques, Bournemouth, 1967