Lot 29
MEISSEN FIGURAL AND GILT BRONZE MOUNTED MANTEL CLOCK
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Auction: 14 January 2015 at 11:00 GMT
£2,000
Description
depicting Cupid placing a laurel wreath on Mars' head who kneels on a stack of shields, beside a pillar set with a white enamel clock dial with Roman and Arabic numerals inscribed 'ROMILLY / A PARIS', a portrait roundel of Caesar at its base, on a rococo scroll gilt bronze base, underglaze blue crossed swords mark
Dimensions
28cm wide, 26cm high
Footnote
Provenance: The Collection of Lady Lanesborough, previously at Swithland Hall, Leicestershire.