Lot 323
  • 323

A Large Austrian Louis XVI parcel gilt and painted sculptural 'grande sonnerie' striking mantel clock, circa 1770

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 EUR
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Description

  • Height 91cm
19.5-cm enamel dial with Roman numerals, fine pierced shaped hands, flat bottomed anchor movement lacking silk suspended pendulum, trip repeating grande sonnerie striking on two bells, painted and gilt wood case with carved foliate surround surmounted by a carved group of a sheperd and a girl under a tree, gilt statues to the sides suported by two fluted columns, the shaped base with further classical figures in front of carved scrolling flowers, the whole raised on turned feet