A FRENCH GILT BRASS MANTEL CLOCK INSET WITH CHINOISERIE PORCELAIN PANELS THE MOVEMENT PROBABLY BY BRUNELOT, PARIS, LATE 19th CENTURY The circular eight-day bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by disc bob pendulum incorporating Brocot type regulation to suspension, the backplate stamped with trademark B within a circle over serial number 500, the rectangular light turquoise ground porcelain dial polychrome painted with blossoming foliage within stylised Roman numeral gilt cartouche chapter ring, with brass spade hands over painted scene of a female in oriental inspired dress playing with two young boys beneath blossoming shrubbery continuing up to envelope the chapter ring, the frosted gilt brass framed 'four-glass' type case with canted top and cavetto moulded cornice over pin-hinged front and rear bevel-glazed doors set between caddy-moulded brass uprights, the sides inset with conforming porcelain panels polychrome painted with opposing male and female figures dressed in elaborate oriental robes within garden settings bordered by asymmetric blossoming shrubbery, on cavetto moulded skirt base with rounded angles incorporating integral bracket feet with shallow-arched recesses between. 37.5cm (14.75ins) high, 21.5cm (8.5ins) wide, 16cm (6.25ins) deep. The trademark stamped to the lower left-hand corner of the backplate of the current lot (letter B within a circle) is noted in Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS, Their history and development as possibly being for Jules Brunelot although no evidence has been found to confirm this.
A FRENCH GILT BRASS MANTEL CLOCK INSET WITH CHINOISERIE PORCELAIN PANELS THE MOVEMENT PROBABLY BY BRUNELOT, PARIS, LATE 19th CENTURY The circular eight-day bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by disc bob pendulum incorporating Brocot type regulation to suspension, the backplate stamped with trademark B within a circle over serial number 500, the rectangular light turquoise ground porcelain dial polychrome painted with blossoming foliage within stylised Roman numeral gilt cartouche chapter ring, with brass spade hands over painted scene of a female in oriental inspired dress playing with two young boys beneath blossoming shrubbery continuing up to envelope the chapter ring, the frosted gilt brass framed 'four-glass' type case with canted top and cavetto moulded cornice over pin-hinged front and rear bevel-glazed doors set between caddy-moulded brass uprights, the sides inset with conforming porcelain panels polychrome painted with opposing male and female figures dressed in elaborate oriental robes within garden settings bordered by asymmetric blossoming shrubbery, on cavetto moulded skirt base with rounded angles incorporating integral bracket feet with shallow-arched recesses between. 37.5cm (14.75ins) high, 21.5cm (8.5ins) wide, 16cm (6.25ins) deep. The trademark stamped to the lower left-hand corner of the backplate of the current lot (letter B within a circle) is noted in Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS, Their history and development as possibly being for Jules Brunelot although no evidence has been found to confirm this.
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