A FRENCH PARCEL-GILT, CREAM AND GRISAILLE-PAINTED PEDESTAL CLOCK

Lot 150
23.05.2024 10:30UTC +00:00
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Starting price
£ 8 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 150 | A FRENCH PARCEL-GILT, CREAM AND GRISAILLE-PAINTED PEDESTAL CLOCK
Estimate value
£ 8 000 – 12 000
A FRENCH PARCEL-GILT, CREAM AND GRISAILLE-PAINTED PEDESTAL CLOCK
BY CHARLES BERNEL, PARIS, CIRCA 1919
The enamel dial with Roman and Arabic chapters and signed 'CHARLES BERNEL A PARIS', the glazed lenticle with beaded border, surrounded by a circular case carved with shellwork and scrolls, resting on a foliate platform supported by intertwined dolphins, the tripartite stand headed by grisaille panels depicting putti above an egg-and-dart moulding and foliate boss, the uprights headed by foliate-wrapped scrolls joined by laurel swags, on a tripartite base with concave friezes and moulding decorated with shells and leaves, the interior of the clockcase stamped 'Charles Bernel/ Paris/ 1919'
90 7/8 in. (231 cm.) high; 20 ½ in. (52 cm.) wide; 20 ½ in. (52 cm.) deep
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