18 Mar 2010
11:00 GMT
Chester
The Chester Sale: Clocks, Barometers and Scientific Instruments
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The Chester Sale: Clocks, Barometers and Scientific Instruments
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A 19th Century French Sevres-style porcelain-mounted mantel clock
Anonymous
Having a 3-inch cellular Roman dial centred by a vignette of a stone river bridge, the two-train movement, half-hour striking on a bell, numbered 21906 72, the case surmounted by a lidded porcelain urn painted with a panel of exotic birds reserved on a rose pompadour ground, between lion mask wreath handles, the broken-arched body applied with a cast mask and twin cornucopiae over porcelain columns flanking a shaped main panel painted with children playing music in a garden before and urn and pedestal, on a cast breakfront base with toupie feet, 30cm wide x 48cm high
Having a 3-inch cellular Roman dial centred by a vignette of a stone river bridge, the two-train movement, half-hour striking on a bell, numbered 21906 72, the case surmounted by a lidded porcelain urn painted with a panel of exotic birds reserved on a rose pompadour ground, between lion mask wreath handles, the broken-arched body applied with a cast mask and twin cornucopiae over porcelain columns flanking a shaped main panel painted with children playing music in a garden before and urn and pedestal, on a cast breakfront base with toupie feet, 30cm wide x 48cm high
Sold for
£624
inc. premium
Category: Clocks and Watches / Clocks
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