Lot 265
  • 265

An attractive French Louis XVI ormolu and bronze sculptural mantel clock, Viger A Pars circa 1770

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 EUR
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Description

  • height 31.5cm
10.5-cm enamel dial with Roman chapters and five minute numerals signed Viger A Paris, fine foliate pierced and engraved gilt hands, similarly signed flat bottomed escapement with verge escapement and silk suspended pendulum, numbered countwheel striking on a bell, fluted ormolu case surmounted by an armorial sphere and sundial, hung with a garland and drape against which a patinated putto seated on books is leaning against, stepped rectangular plinth with protruding corners and relief border raised on turned feet