Lot 5392

FRENCH EMPIRE MAHOGANY AND GILT METAL PORTICO CLOCK, THONISSEN, PARIS
EARLY 19TH CENTURY







Auction: 20 November 2019 from 10:00 GMT
£1,875
Description
the mahogany framed case with a moulded cornice above a white enamel dial signed 'Thonissen à Paris', with Roman numeral hour markers, minutes marked on the quarter hour, and concentric seconds and date chapters, above an Apollo mask sunburst pendulum, the twin barrel movement striking a bell; in a glass dome and ebonised stand
Dimensions
Clock 28cm wide, 49cm high, 18cm deep; Dome 66cm high
Footnote
Note: Thonissen is recorded in the Rue Mandar between 1806 and 1820 and in the Rue Comtesse d'Artois in 1830






