ID 1225469
Lot 80 | A LOUIS XV MEISSEN AND FRENCH PORCELAIN AND ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
Estimate value
£ 8 000 – 12 000
THE MOVEMENT BY BENOIST GERARD, MID-18TH CENTURY, THE FLOWERS REPLACED
The drum-shaped foliate-wrapped case set within a bocage, centred by a youth with flowers riding a rearing horse on a rocaille base, the white enamel dial with Arabic minutes, Roman hours and pierced gilt-metal hands and signed 'Benoist Gerard / A Paris', the twin-barrel movement with numbered countwheel to bell, later platform lever escapement, signed 'Benoist Gerard A Paris'
19 in. (48.3 cm.) high; 10 in. (25.4 cm.) wide; 7 ½ in. (19 cm.) deep approx.
| Auction house category: | Clocks - Furnishings |
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| Auction house category: | Clocks - Furnishings |
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| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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