FRENCH GILT BRONZE AND PORCELAIN MANTEL CLOCK, BY HENRY MARC, PARIS
LATE 19TH CENTURY
£504
Auction: Day 2
Description
the porcelain dial with Roman numerals, the centre mask with a landscape scene with gilt borders and jewelling, the case surmounted by a twin lion ring handled urn, flanked by porcelain columns, on a shaped base with porcelain panels in beaded borders with toupie feet, further mounted on a purple velvet and giltwood stand and an associated large oval glass dome, the twin train movement signed ‘Hy. Marc, Paris’ and stamped Japy Freres, striking on a bell
Dimensions
the clock 26cm high, 46cm wide, 12cm deep