Sold for $2,500

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

Lot Description

A French Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock

19th Century

the dial signed Lieutand Paris, the movement stamped FRANCE and numbered 336.
Height 9 3/4 x width 7 x depth 4 inches.

Property from the Estate of John D. Fornengo, Chicago, Illinois

Condition Report

Dusty patina; a few chips to edges of flowers on the top of the clock. A few very small chips around the winding hole of the dial. The porcelain elephant is intact without repair but its decoration has been rubbed in some areas. The movement winds and runs; it is not a striking mechanism.

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