A Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Enameled Porcelain Cartel Clock
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $250 - $350
Estimate$250 – $350
Status
Closed
A Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Enameled Porcelain Cartel Clock
20th Century
of typical round form, with egg-and-dart molding, flanked by cornucopias, and surmounted by ribbon, with enamel-decorated porcelain dial; with impressed numerals to back of tassels to bottom; apparently battery operated. 15 1/2 x 10 inches.
This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Property from a Newport, Rhode Island estate.
Sam Cowan is the Associate Vice President, Head of Sale, Interiors Interiors by Freeman's.
Sam has spent his life in the auction industry, accompanying his father, Wes Cowan to auctions, trade shows and eventually to his own eponymous auction house, in the mid-1990s. He joined his father’s auction house, Cowan’s, full-time in 2012 in the Arms and Armor department and as a fine and decorative arts specialist, a department where he would ultimately become director. Sam has an interest in 20th century design, pottery, early advertising, historic Americana and antique firearms. He is a licensed auctioneer in three states and is a featured appraiser on The Antiques Roadshow.