A very large and impressive Victorian era French gilt bronze mantel clock
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$3,000 – $4,000[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Schmitt Horan & Co.[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$2,200[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]Nov 20, 2022[/restrict]
France, a very large and impressive Victorian era gilt bronze mantel clock, the base on ornamental feet and decorated with Vitruvian wave frieze, oak leaf and acorn medallions and moldings, and large acanthus leaf castings, two caryatids flanking a gilt dial with roman numeral cartouches, beaded bezel, and fancy blued steel hands, molded egg and dart, guilloche, and leaf cornice, surmounted by a plinth below a bulbous urn, the front with cartouche, and supported by three cornucopias, the plinth with flanking scrolls from which issue forth acanthus and fruit clusters, all ornament finely chased, and 8 day, two train pendule de Paris movement with pin wheel escapement and striking on a bell