Gilt-brass Figural Mantel Clock

Description:

Gilt-brass Figural Mantel Clock, France, c. 1840, figure depicting a sculptor dressed in renaissance attire with his tools in his hands resting against the bench with a roman numeral dial porcelain dial with a fully decorated bezel and surround, all resting on the shell, scroll, and acanthus leaf-decorated base, eight-day, time and countwheel strike mechanism with silk thread suspension marked "Akera Brevete," ht. 17 in.
Estimate $400-600

hairline cracks to dial


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