A LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH BRASS AND PORCELAIN PANEL CLOCK, ...

Hammer

£280

A LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH BRASS AND PORCELAIN PANEL CLOCK, the caddy pediment with five turned finials, two turned columns to the front, the rectangular porcelain dial with silvered ground and gilded and enamelled in relief with foliage blossom, harebells, birds and a butterfly, white and black Arabic numerals, the two porcelain side panels with similar decoration, eight day movement, striking on a bell on the hour and half hour, the movement stamped Japy Freres and 3730 14.7, the pendulum also numbered 3730, on a stepped rectangular base with four flattened bun feet, height 34cm, with pendulum and key (Condition Report: clock winds, runs and chimes but was striking one hour ahead at time of report, the porcelain panels are all intact, there is some wear to the foliate engraving on the sloped section just below the dial, the paper lining inside the movement door has a couple of rips, otherwise in fairly good condition)