Tiffany & Company Gilt Figural Mantel Clock

Description:

Tiffany & Company Gilt Figural Mantel Clock, France, c. 1880, the Roman numeral dial signed Tiffany & Compy/New York, outer Arabic minute numerals and pierced gilt hands flanked by the conflicting forces of love and war with a winged cupid holding a bow and an arrow on one side and a war figure holding a spear, shield and wearing a helmet on the other all capped by two mating doves, the raised base with garland apron and paw feet, eight-day time and strike movement with bell strike and pendulum, ht. 10 1/2 in.
Estimate $300-500

Clock is presently running, has pendulum and key, lacking bell nut, small chips around winding arbors.


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