2382 A French Second Empire dark patinated bronze and Sienna marble figural library mantel clock, 9cm gilt chapter ring inscribed with Roman numerals, centred by a fivepointed star, 14 day movement striking on a bell, the case cast with a muse allegorical of learning, seated beside a globe and books, deep frieze applied with explorer’s regalia and anthemions, lotus borders, scroll feet, 47cm high, c.1850 £600 - £800
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2383 A George IV Gothic Revival mahogany drumhead director’s bracket clock, 18cm convex painted dial inscribed John Moore, Clerkenwell, London, Roman numerals, twin winding holes, month-going movement striking on a bell, gilt brass backplate engraved with a border of trailing leaves, the case with crenellated cresting above a guilloche bezel, the apron pendulum housing pierced with lancets, outlined throughout with ebony stringing, spreading base, 48cm high, c.1830 £600 - £1000
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2381 A French mid-19th century Japy Freres repeating carriage clock, engraved one-piece case the white rectangular dial inscribed Brevet D’Invention, Roman numerals, subsidiary dial below, the case engraved with flowers and foliage, swing handle, 8-day movement striking on a bell by Japy Freres, Paris No. 236, 13.5cm high
2384 A large Black Forest wall clock, 22cm dial applied with Roman numerals, striking on a gong, the architectural case crested by a stag and crossed rifles, carved and applied with hanging game, birds and a horn, 128cm high £2500 - £3500
Firm founded 1772 at Badevel by Georges Frederic Japy, and traded as Japy Freres et Cie from 1854; by the 1880s the firm was one of the biggest firms in the French capital; apart from vast output of clock movements and parts, they even made the engine for the first horseless carriage manufactured by Peugeot, also a former clock making firm. £200 - £300 For more images please visit
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