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A large early to mid 19th Century French brass mantel clock Anonymous
4 – 6 November 2008, 13:00 GMT
ChesterSold for £420 inc. premium
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Having a 3.75-inch white-enamelled Roman dial (perhaps associated), the two-train movement half-hour striking on a bell, numbered 16494, the case cast with the figure of Saint Christopher holding a staff and carrying the Christ Child, the dial beside them in a rectangular housing surmounted by a helmet, a sheathed sword with laurel scabbard, and a laurel wreath, the dial framed by further wreaths and ribbons, on a conforming frieze relief-decorated with assorted weaponry, over acanthus, the plain plinth raised upon block feet with matching emblems 58cm high
Having a 3.75-inch white-enamelled Roman dial (perhaps associated), the two-train movement half-hour striking on a bell, numbered 16494, the case cast with the figure of Saint Christopher holding a staff and carrying the Christ Child, the dial beside them in a rectangular housing surmounted by a helmet, a sheathed sword with laurel scabbard, and a laurel wreath, the dial framed by further wreaths and ribbons, on a conforming frieze relief-decorated with assorted weaponry, over acanthus, the plain plinth raised upon block feet with matching emblems 58cm high
Footnotes
The Christ Child, as carried by Saint Christopher, grows larger and heavier with each step, symbolising the weight of the world.
For a case with the figure of George Washington (modelled on the opposing side but of similar structural composition and character of relief decoration), signed 'Dubuc', see Heuer, Peter, & Maurice, Klaus, European Pendulum Clocks, Schiffer, 1988, p.93, fig.160.