Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2589B
Location: Boston
Date / Time: March 31, 2012 10:00AM
Description:
Three-piece Paris Porcelain Garniture with Clock and Vases, France, late 19th/early 20th century, each with gilt-decorated emerald green ground, the double-handled vase-on-stands and clock pedestal with hand-painted scenes of courting couples, the clock with foliate finial over engine-turned dial with Roman numerals, two-train movement, and pendulum, one vase and clock pedestal with Jacob Petit-style blue J.P. marks, total clock ht. 15 1/2, vase ht. 11 3/8 in.
Estimate $2,000-3,000
Scattered loss to gilt and enamel. Clock not guaranteed to be in running order. One vase with crazing to applied gilding on green ground. No chips, cracks, or repairs.