FRENCH GILT BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK BY RAINGO FRÈRES
19TH CENTURY
£800
Auction: 24 September 2014 at 12:00 BST
Description
the white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numeral chapters and two winding holes, in a gilt bronze case modelled as a column base hung with grape vines and surmounted by three bacchic children, on a shaped plinth base with a portrait profile medallion depicting Minerva, on foliate bun feet, the eight day movement striking on a bell
Dimensions
47cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
Property from a private Scottish collection of clocks
Purchased The Dyal, New Barnet, 1967