Lot 548
  • 548

A Belgian Louis XVI ormolu mounted white marble 'temple d'amour' mantel clock, Jacquet, circa 1780

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
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Description

  • height 54cm
10.5-cm enamel dial with Arabic numerals signed in red Jacquet H.ger du Prince A Liege and Barbichon for the enameller, pierced engraved gilt hands, flat bottomed countwheel bell striking anchor movement lacking silk suspended pendulum, drum case surmounted by an urn and with handles to the sides, mounted on a moulded annular platform with pierced gallery and hung with 'pearl' mounts, supported by four ormolu mounted columns surrounding a biscuit figure of Iuno, stepped annular base with further mounts raised on engraved bun feet