CHARLES X GILT BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK
CIRCA 1825-30
£202
Auction: Select Property from Penicuik House, Midlothian - 27th March 2024 at 10am
Description
the gilt dial with Roman numerals, signed indistinctly ‘H TH. Recointe A Carn’, the square case flanked the figures of Orpheus playing his lyre to a lion on a rocky outcrop, the base with a rectangular relief frieze of Orpheus travelling through the underworld with Eurydice to save her, on a plinth base with four toupie feet, the twin brass movement with silk suspension pendulum striking to a bell
Dimensions
33cm wide, 43cm high, 12cm deep
Provenance
Penicuik House, Midlothian