£600
A FINE FRENCH ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK, the ornate glazed case decorated internally with floral, leaf and urn engraved fret cut panels, white enamel circular dial with Roman numerals indistinctly inscribed...Delettre..., beaded bezel with floral garland above, twin cherub finial, foliate cast pillars and applied scrolls to the sides, oval base with conforming glazed and fret cut panels, and applied cherub and foliate scroll, compressed bun feet, eight day movement striking on a coil, movement stamped JBD numbered 36900, 47-4, 39cm high. See illustration
No damage to glasses
Some of fret cut panels have slipped
Dial with minor scratches
Black name rubbed
I think one of the side foliate scrolls has been put back the wrong way - no evidence of it being done recently but it looks odd!
Ormolu good - grubby in quite a few areas but commensurate with age
Nice engraved JBD pendulum
Back left pillar missing fixing screw at base
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