Beschreibung:

A French gilt metal and onyx mantel clock garniture Unsigned, circa 1900 The eight-day bell striking movement with gilt rosette-centred white enamel Arabic numeral cartouche dial in an elaborate case cast with two scantily clad Classically inspired females holding aloft a cherub, with shaped onyx panel beneath dial and on plinth base with cavetto moulded onyx side sections and scroll bordered panel to apron, on foliate cast bracket feet, 75cm high; with a pair of side pieces en suite modelled with scroll cast urns applied with female figural mounts on stepped onyx base with foliate cast bracket feet (both now fitted as table lamps), each 44cm high excluding later light fitting. DESCRIPTION TO BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH ‘IMPORTANT NOTES REGARDING THE CATALOGUING OF CLOCKS’ printed in the sale catalogue or available from the auctioneers on request. Condition report disclaimer