Oliver Cornish
Sale Coordinator for Furniture, Sculpture, Rugs & Tapestries
Lot 274
A good late 19th century French gilt bronze champlevé enamel clock garniture Japy Freres, Paris
4 – 15 April 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, KnightsbridgeSold for £3,584 inc. premium
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A good late 19th century French gilt bronze champlevé enamel clock garniture
Japy Freres, Paris
The lyre-form case surmounted by a pair of ormolu swans suspending a central Champlevé decorated dial, beneath a pair of putti atop a decorated base and resting on stylised feet, the 3-inch champlevé dial with black Roman numerals and rosebud Breguet-style blued steel hands, the two-train going barrel striking drum movement signed on the backplate Japy Frères, with lever escapement platform and striking the hours and half-hours on a single bell mounted to the backplate. together with a pair of matching vase garniture of domed tapering ovoid form, the clock and garniture urns, 35cms high overall (3)
The lyre-form case surmounted by a pair of ormolu swans suspending a central Champlevé decorated dial, beneath a pair of putti atop a decorated base and resting on stylised feet, the 3-inch champlevé dial with black Roman numerals and rosebud Breguet-style blued steel hands, the two-train going barrel striking drum movement signed on the backplate Japy Frères, with lever escapement platform and striking the hours and half-hours on a single bell mounted to the backplate. together with a pair of matching vase garniture of domed tapering ovoid form, the clock and garniture urns, 35cms high overall (3)