Lot 485
FRENCH CHINOISERIE PATINATED AND GILT BRONZE AND CHAMPLEVE THREE PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE
19TH CENTURY
Auction: 24 September 2014 at 12:00 BST
£1,750
Description
the dial with Chinese characters and retailer's mark R&G. DRUMMOND, PARIS, within a cast bronze case with a champleve panel and twin dragon handles, surmounted by a pierced dome and raised on four elephant feet, the movement striking on a bell and stamped JAPY FRÈRES, MEDAILLE D'HONNEUR to the back plate; with a pair of cast bronze vases, each with twin fu dog handles, raised on a pierced base (3)
Dimensions
clock 37cm high; vase 20cm high