Harcroft House Sale
Live Auction, 18 November 2019
Session Two
Lot Estimate
ZAR 9 000 - 12 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 34 140
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
Sèvres, Hauts-de-Seine, France
A French 'Sèvres' porcelain and gilt-bronze mounted clock garniture, circa 1850 the 8cm circular porcelain dial with Roman hour numeral cartouches, enamelled to the centre with butterflies and flowerheads and applied with jewelled markers, striking the full and half hour on a bell, the backplate stamped PARIS 22078 7 and 44, the dial with beaded frame, surmounted by two winged mythical beasts flanked by baluster finials, the stepped hood surmounted by a flower-filled urn finial, the shaped cartouche painted with a courting couple in a landscape, the gadrooned sides flanked by urns, each painted with figures in a landscape, on a stepped and foliate shaped plinth base and paw and toupie-shaped feet, and a pair of urns, en suite,each plaque inscribed Picard Ratel 1904 K to the reverse, the clock 44cm high (3)
View all Manufacture nationale de Sèvres lots for sale in this auction
More from Harcroft House Sale
A French kingwood, Vernis Martin gilt-metal mounted vitrine cabinet, late 19th century
ZAR 20 000 - 30 000
A large French ormolu-mounted boulle marquetry and ebonised bracket clock, circa 1850
ZAR 25 000 - 30 000
A Napoleon III boulle, tortoiseshell and gilt-metal-mounted centre table
ZAR 20 000 - 30 000
A pair of French giltwood and upholstered armchairs, early 20th century
ZAR 2 000 - 3 000
A French ebonised, gilt-metal mounted and marble-topped jardinière, 19th century
ZAR 12 000 - 15 000
A French giltwood armoire, 20th century
ZAR 20 000 - 25 000