A LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK OF SHAPED CYL...

Hammer

£180

A LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK OF SHAPED CYLINDRICAL FORM, the circular top with seated cherub surmount above beaded and lotus leaf casting, the circular white enamel dial with Roman numerals, eight day movement with bell strike, chiming on the hour and half hour, the movement stamped for Japy Freres, the case cast with swags, foliate scrolls, concave fluted band above an open circular lotus leaf base with four circular feet and two side supports, clock height 34cm, with pendulum and key, together with an ebonised and velvet oval wooden stand and oval perspex dome, height 38cm (Condition Report: the clock, winds, runs and chimes on the correct hour, the dial has a number of chips to the enamel surrounding the winding holes, there are patches of wear to the gilding, the perspex dome is mounted and glued into a black rubber edging, therefore edge damage to the dome is not possible to assess but there are no visible cracks)