A RARE REGENCY ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL MANTEL TI...

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£800 - £1,200

A RARE REGENCY ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL MANTEL TIMEPIECEF. BAETENS, LONDON, CIRCA 1825The circular four columnar pillar single chain fusee movement with anchor escapement regulated by lenticular bob pendulum and with applied plate signed F. BAETENS, 23 GERRARD ST., LONDON to lower margin, the 3 inch circular slightly convex white enamel Roman numeral dial with Arabic fifteen minutes within the outer minute track and blued steel moon hands set within a gilt repeating anthemion decorated engine-milled bezel, the case modelled as a plinth housing the movement, surmounted by a tied bundle of wheat over ogee cornice and mount cast as labourer's gathering a crop over a decorative ogee skirt, set next to a standing patinated bronze female figure of Demeter in Regency style dress clutching wheatears, set on a rectangular platform base applied with twin cherub and scroll cast mount to front over a gilt skirt and ball feet. 35cm (13.75ins) high, 29cm (11.5ins) wide, 9.5cm (3.75ins) deep.F. Baetens is believed to have become established as a bronzier at 23 Garrard Street, Soho, London in around 1810. He was joined by Joseph Baetens in around 1820 and the firm was still operating in 1832. Baetens worked in a similar vain to Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy and are known for their small ormolu and patinated bronze mantel timepieces of which the current lot is one of their rarer models.