Lot 246
An Empire ormolu mantel clock
Auction: 25 June 2003 at 12:00 BST
£3,760
Description
the twin train movement striking the half hours on a steel bell, the circular enamelled dial with Roman chapters, enclosed within case cast as a draped table surmounted by an urn with adjacent figure of a classical maiden, seated on a klismos at a table, reading, and raised above a plinth with anthemion cast border, above verde antico marble base with turned feet
33cm high
Footnote
Note: Tardy La Pendule Francaise Volume II page 363 for a similar example