Lot 114
  • 114

A French Louis XVI ormolu mounted marble portico mantel clock, Gavelle L'ainé, circa 1780

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 EUR
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Description

  • height 52.5cm
12-cm enamel dial with Arabic numerals signed Gavelle L.e A Paris, pierced and engraved fleur-de-lis hands, similarly signed flat bottomed countwheel bell striking anchor movement with silk suspended sunburst pendulum, drum case with an ormolu wreath below surmounted by an urn, supported by two pedestal shaped ormolu mounted columns topped by urns, shaped stepped base with foliate mounts raised on turned feet