Lot 29
A fine early 19th century French ormolu-mounted marble and enamel decorated mantel clock with concentric date Folin L'aine a Paris
11 July 2018, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£7,000 - £9,000
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A fine early 19th century French ormolu-mounted marble and enamel decorated mantel clock with concentric date
Folin L'aine a Paris
The 4.5inch enamel Arabic dial with openwork centre revealing the star date wheel, framed by a cast bezel and running foliate enamel border with gilt feathered decoration, surmounted by a matt and burnished ormolu eagle with outstretched wings over foliate berry and leaf mounts, over a pair of arches with similar enamel decoration on four pillars and a mounted base to toupie feet, the circular plates with anchor escapement to a silk-suspended pendulum and outside countwheel strike on a bell 41cms (16ins) high.
The 4.5inch enamel Arabic dial with openwork centre revealing the star date wheel, framed by a cast bezel and running foliate enamel border with gilt feathered decoration, surmounted by a matt and burnished ormolu eagle with outstretched wings over foliate berry and leaf mounts, over a pair of arches with similar enamel decoration on four pillars and a mounted base to toupie feet, the circular plates with anchor escapement to a silk-suspended pendulum and outside countwheel strike on a bell 41cms (16ins) high.
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A similar model is illustrated in Tardy, Encyclopédie de la Pendule Française (Paris 1997), p 167.
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