21st Mar, 2018 10:00

European Works of Art & Clocks
 
Lot 167
 

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH EMPIRE PERIOD GILT BRONZE AND MALACHITE MOUNTED MANTEL CLOCK  the case of plinth form, surmounted by a bust of Napoleon raised on a malachite base (malachite probably later) set with a gilt bronze mount depicting a fox and a crane from Aesop's Fables, over the gilt dial with Roman numerals, flanked by a pair of urn finials on laurel wreath cast, gilt mounts, the plinth base cast with trailing bell flowers, anthemion and other motifs, the twin train movement with outside countwheel and silk suspension striking on a bell,  47cm high
Estimated at £1,200 - £1,800

 

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