Bidspirit auction | A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH PATINATED


A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH PATINATED BRONZE, ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE ‘CERCLES TOURNANTS’ FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK, modelled as 'The Three Graces', the case surmounted by a pineapple finial on a patinated and ormolu mounted blue ball with rotating enamel chapter rings supported by three nude maidens holding rose garlands and standing on a white marble and ormolu mounted base, the eight day spring driven movement having a lever escapement striking the hours/half hours on a bell. (73cm high)