
Lot 61
A FRENCH NEOCLASSICAL ORMOLU STRIKING PORTICO CLOCKCirca 1795
14 April 2022, 13:00 EDT
New YorkUS$1,200 - US$1,800
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A FRENCH NEOCLASSICAL ORMOLU STRIKING PORTICO CLOCK
Date: Circa 1795
Movement: Circular plates, anchor escapement, thread suspended sunburst and Apollo mask pendulum, striking the hour and half hour on a bell by means of a crossed out countwheel
Dial: White enamel, minute ring enclosing roman chapters, blued Breguet hands
Case: Cylindrical, suspended between caryatid columns, urn finial, lion's mask drop, octagonal base on bun feet
Size: 17 in (43cm) high
Movement: Circular plates, anchor escapement, thread suspended sunburst and Apollo mask pendulum, striking the hour and half hour on a bell by means of a crossed out countwheel
Dial: White enamel, minute ring enclosing roman chapters, blued Breguet hands
Case: Cylindrical, suspended between caryatid columns, urn finial, lion's mask drop, octagonal base on bun feet
Size: 17 in (43cm) high