Lot 16
  • 16

A rare Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted black japanned mantel clock case attributed to Antoine Foullet circa 1760

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • 74cm. high, 2ft. 5in.
the later 5-inch enamel dial signed Etne. Lenoir A Paris, bell striking Japy movement with outside count wheel and Brocot suspension, sunburst pendulum, the waisted case surmounted by an armillary sphere above term, ribbon-tied and foliate mounts, the trunk with a galzed window above a flared serpentine base, the whole decorated in gilt with chinoiseries