Lot 613
  • 613

A French Empire ormolu and bronze 'au bon sauvage' mantel clock, circa 1810

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
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Description

  • height 38cm
8.5-cm enamel dial with Roman numerals signed Gaston Jolly A Paris, pierced hands, countwheel bell striking anchor movement with silk suspended pendulum, ormolu bale case flanked by an anchor and drum, a patinated porter leaning against it holding a rope, canted base with scale mounts and a relief depicting cherubs unloading a ship, the whole raised on drum feet