AUCTION : 1019

Lot#: 888

DESCRIPTION: Pickard & Punant, Paris, a small bronze mantel clock, the asymmetric case with naturalistic and rococo style ornament, a seated putto with tablet leaning against the clock case, roman numeral white enamel dial with blued steel Breguet style hands, above an inset, polychrome enamel porcelain panel, 8 day, two train pendule de Paris movement counting the hours on a bell, the back plate signed "Chles Pickard & Ad. Punant", resting on it's original, red velvet lined, gilded wooden base
CONDITION: dirty, the case now with bronze paint, putto with original gilt surface, one of his wings also in bronze paint, tablet loose, pen missing from his right hand, porcelain panel good, dial with a few faint hairlines, minute hand replaced, movement oily, dirty, ticks and strikes, original pendulum, wooden base good, with minor dings and losses to gilding
ESTIMATE: $200 - $300
PRICE SOLD: $100
CIRCA: 1875
DIMENSIONS: 11in x 14.75in x 5in

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