A fine Louis XVI style, blue du roi and gilt bronze lyre clock. The porcelain body in the form of a lyre, with starburst surmount above an enamel dial painted with floral swags and moving bezel of paste brilliants. The sides mounted with acanthus leaves above an oval stepped base with gilt swags and beading. The eight day movement striking the hour & half hour on a bell.
A satinwood, George III, card table. The well figured ‘D’ shaped top, with wide rosewood cross-banding and reeded edge, opening to reveal a baize lined interior, above a frieze supported by four turned and reeded legs, headed by rectangular rosewood inlaid panels. The back legs with gate-leg action to support the top.
Circa 1810
English
A late 19th century gilt bronze and carrera marble clock garniture. The circular enamel dial with eight day Vincenti movement and Brocot suspension, striking the hour & half hour on a bell, numbered 1039. The Louis XVI style case with urn surmount, scroll acanthus cast sides, supported by a shaped marble plinth with toupie feet. The twin branch candelabra with pinatum finials above acanthus scroll supports with shaped marble plinths and toupie feet. Original gilding.
A Napoleon III, French, rosewood, mahogany and marquetry inlaid work table, with gilt bronze mounts. The floral inlaid top with serpentine shaped sides, above a single oak lined drawer, each side inlaid with floral scrolls, standing on four slender cabriole legs ending in sabots.
J W Benson Ludgate Hill London
A late 19th century French gilt bronze and champlevé enamel four glass clock garniture. The gilt bronze case with fine champlevé frieze to top and base, the circular dial flanked by similar enamel columns. The eight day movement with brocot suspension striking the hour & half hour on a gong. No 47525
The urns with flame finials above an enamel top with ovoid bodies flanked by cast cherub heads, with a band of champlevé and central cartouche, standing on turned socles with stepped square bases. Original gilding.
Samuel Marti et Cie
Gay Vicarino & Co
A Napoleon III boulle mantel clock. The red tortoiseshell and cut brass inlaid case surmounted by a seated gilded putti, above a glazed door opening to gilt dial with enamel roman numeral tablets, the inside of the rear door finely inlaid. The eight day Samuel Marti movement, numbered 7756, with Brocot suspension, rack striking the hour & half hour on a gong. The whole with gilt bronze mounts, regilded.
