A Russian Porcelain Mantel Clock, Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg, Period of Nicholas I (1825-1855)

in the neo-Rococo taste, molded throughout with detailed floral sprays and elaborate gilt foliate scrolls and shells on a white ground, the case enclosing a gilt bronze dial with black Roman chapters

overall good condition; some minor restoration to porcelain details and repainting
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For similar clocks made by the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory in this era, see N.B. von Wolf (ed. T.N. Nosovich), Imperatorskii farforovyi zavod, 1744-1904 (St. Petersburg, 2003), fig. 276, p. 179 and unpaginated color insert, illustrated