Lot 479
FRENCH EMPIRE ORMOLU CLOCK BY LE CLERC A BRUXELLES
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Fine Furniture and Works of Art
Auction: 27 January 2016 at 10:00 GMT
£4,500
Description
the white enamel Roman numeral dial signed 'Le Clerc / a Bruxelles' in a rectangular pillar with a relief panel depicting shepherdesses and sheep, flanked by a standing classical youth holding a scroll inscribed with a quotation from 'Estelle' by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, and a dog and pastoral attributes, on a rectangular plinth mounted with a further musical trophy, on acorn form feet; the eight day movement striking a bell
Dimensions
34cm wide, 42cm high, 10cm deep
Footnote
Provenance: Private Collection, Surrey