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Attractive porcelain vase clock in Louis XVI-style

Porcelain vase clock in Louis XVI style, 8-day striking movement,  separate revolving dials for hours and minutes, small rectangular enamel plates, Roman ciphers for the hours and Arabic ciphers for the minutes, the vase in royal blue Sèvres (?) porcelain, decorated with leaf gold and detailed flowers in natural colours on a white background of ovals and circles, delicate chased and gilt mounts with foliated scrolls, acanthus leaves and faun masks. Height 30 cm, circa 1830.

Literature :
Mühe/Vogel – Alte Uhren – Page 117/118
Nieheuser – Die Französische Bronzeuhr – Page 61
Kjellberg – Encyclopédie de la Pendule Française – Page 480
Tardy – La Pendule Française – Volume II – Page 92                   

                  


French/33/08

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