Gilt-metal and Porcelain Mantel Clock

Description:

Gilt-metal and Porcelain Mantel Clock, France, c. 1900, two putti flank the white-painted porcelain urn above the reeded cove-shaped top with a porcelain panel frieze, four hand-painted porcelain columns depicting cottage scenes with cast Corinthian capitals, two young children appear to be playing hide and seek behind them, 3 1/2-in. Roman numeral painted porcelain dial, and lower porcelain panel with a women and child at a riverbank, all resting on a shaped and decorated base, eight-day time and strike movement stamped Made In France, ht. 20 1/2 in.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

one putti lacking nut to hold the figure down, ticks but not striking


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