HONORÉ PONS, A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENC...

Estimate

£500 - £800

HONORÉ PONS, A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH REGENCY BRONZE GILT ORMOLU AND MARBLE CLOCK
Wth a seated model of saint Jerome with a scroll and quill above a pair of mythical birds raised on a substantial stepped base and plinth with acanthus leaf border, the dial with Roman numerals and eight day movement striking on a bell 1825 stamped to movement, raised on scroll bracket feet.
(size 62cm x d 21cm x w 48cm)

N.B. Pierre-César Honoré Pons was an important clock maker, who is recorded as being active in Paris from 1807-50. Honoré Pons was trained by Antide Janvier, the royal clockmaker to King Louis XVI