A LATE 19th CENTURY FRENCH ORMOLU MOUNTED BLACK AND ROUGE MA...

Hammer

£1,900

A LATE 19th CENTURY FRENCH ORMOLU MOUNTED BLACK AND ROUGE MARBLE CALENDAR CLOCK surmounted by an ormolu tied bow and oak leaves on an arched case with rouge marble banding enclosing an oval dial with gilt engraved frame and painted porcelain plaques depicting winged cherubs, the gilt Roman dial with engine turned centre signed by the retailer 'T. Boxell 43 Kings Road Brighton', above a two-piece enamel calendar dial having months to the outer dial and subsidiary day/date dials to the centre with moon phase aperture, the eight-day spring-driven movement striking the hours/half hours on a bell with linkage to the geared calendar movement 45cm high