A FRENCH GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE MOUNTED RED MARBLE THREE-...

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£ 8 000
Auction dateClassic
12.11.2020 14:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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Lot 269 | A FRENCH GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE MOUNTED RED MARBLE THREE-...
A FRENCH GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE MOUNTED RED MARBLE THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE

OF EMPIRE STYLE, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Comprising a mantle clock and a pair of urns; the clock surmounted with an gilt-bronze bust of Napoleon after the model by Chaudet above a veneered rectangular rouge griotte marble case centred by an engraved dial within a berried wreath above an eagle and raised on a stepped square base and four feet, the twin barrel movement with countwheel strike on bell; the urns en suite and each of campana form and flanked by fawn mask handles raised on a spreading circular socle above a similar marble base mounted with wreaths of berried laurel

The clock: 24 ½ in. (62 cm.) high

The urns: 16 ¾ in. (42.5 cm.) high

Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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