Important South African Art, Furniture, Silver and Ceramics
Live Auction, 26 September 2011
Furniture, Silver, Ceramics and Paintings Day Sale
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 25 000 - 35 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 49 016
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
A French gilt patinated bronze and white marble mantel clock, 19th century
13cm enamel dial signed Chedel á Paris, with arabic and roman numerals and pierced hands, bell-striking anchor movement signed D'argent Martini & Cie, the case surmounted by a two-coloured bronze figure emblematic of Astronomy, her left arm resting on a celestial globe, holding a compass in her right hand, the stepped oval-shaped base with fluted corners and applied with beaded, ovolo, leaf and berry borders, raised on compressed lobed bun feet, some restoration and chips to the marble, 62cm high, 80cm wide
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