Louis XV Gilt-Bronze, Porcelain and Tôle Peinte Clock
£3,200
the circular dial with a border of full-blown roses and supported, with the movement, in a flowering tree beneath which stands a Meissen figure flanked by urn vases in trellis arbours standing on a base of rococo scrollwork; with later glass dome and ebonised base, probably supplied at the same time as the good replacement Japy Frères movement in the mid 19th century
Height 40 cm (16 inches)
mid 18th century