22nd Nov, 2023 11:00
European Works of Art
223
A FRENCH EMPIRE PARCEL-GILT-BRONZE 'ORIENTALIST' MANTEL CLOCK, PARIS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
bell striking movement with outside count wheel and silk suspension, engine turned dial with black Roman numerals, the drum housed within a richly-dressed trotting horse, its rider nonchalently balanced above, his head turned towards us under a plumed headscarf, set on a rectangular base with applied with putti holding aloft branches flanking a socle with two birds, on winged claw feet, with key and pendulum, 41cm high
See a similar model, sold Sotheby’s, London, 30 April 2013, lot 498
Sold for £4,200
bell striking movement with outside count wheel and silk suspension, engine turned dial with black Roman numerals, the drum housed within a richly-dressed trotting horse, its rider nonchalently balanced above, his head turned towards us under a plumed headscarf, set on a rectangular base with applied with putti holding aloft branches flanking a socle with two birds, on winged claw feet, with key and pendulum, 41cm high
See a similar model, sold Sotheby’s, London, 30 April 2013, lot 498
Auction: European Works of Art, 22nd Nov, 2023
