ID 437200
Lot 297 | A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED COBALT BLUE-GROUND SEVRES-STYLE PORC...
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 25 000
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Comprising a mantle clock and a pair of vases and covers; the clock centred by a vase with a portrait medallion of Louis XVI above a circular enamel dial suspended by a ribbon and floral garlands and signed 'LEROY/ A PARIS,' the twin barrel movement with strike on bell, raised on an architectural base flanked by Classical maidens above a breakfront frieze inset with 'jewelled' enamelled and finely painted porcelain plaques depicting members of the French royal family, the vases similarly decorated and decorated with portraits of Marie Antoinette and Marie Leszczynska, respectively, on canted square bases raised on toupie feet
The clock: 35 ½ in. high (90.5 cm) high; 30 ¼ in. (77 cm.) wide
The vases: 26 ¼ in. (66.5 cm.) high
| Medium: | Gilding, Metal |
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| Auction house category: | Clocks - Furnishings |
| Medium: | Gilding, Metal |
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| Auction house category: | Clocks - Furnishings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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