A fine large French mantel clock with biscuit porcelain figural group featuring Leda and the Swan
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$4,000 – $6,000[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Schmitt Horan & Co.[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$1,100[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]May 06, 2023[/restrict]
France, a fine, large figural mantel clock with biscuit porcelain figural group featuring Leda and the Swan, the exceptionally well modeled figures in a rocky landscape with Leda at left, looking down to the Swan at her feet, at right a cloud borne figure of cupid, apparently whispering to Leda, with his bow and quiver at his left, and below him a pair of birds, the group resting on a base with large gilt feet, faux marble finish and three grisaille panels, the central scene featuring a bored looking Poseidon, Triton blowing his horn, Lamia, also with horn, and an intoxicated hippocampus, the ends of the base with genre scenes, the right with a young woman in a landscape washing clothes, the left a landscape with a seated figure taking fruit from a tree, with a gabled building in the background, roman numeral white enamel dial with pierced and engraved gilt hands, and 15 day, two train movement with silk thread suspension, striking on a bell