Bidspirit auction | HEMON OF PARIS. A LARGE

HEMON OF PARIS. A LARGE MID 19TH CENTURY FRENCH BRONZE, ORMOLU AND SIENNA MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK - HEMON OF PARIS. A LARGE MID 19TH CENTURY FRENCH BRONZE, ORMOLU AND SIENNA MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK the rectangular patinated bronze case mounted with gilt-bronze masks and ribbon-tied fruiting swags flanking a gilt brass Roman dial with engine-turned centre, enclosing a spring-driven 8-day movement with outside count wheel striking the hours and half-hours on a bell, raised on a Sienna marble plinth.