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Lot 229
Sale 5036 - English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts
Oct 8, 2013
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$800 -
1,200
Price Realized
$425
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
French Empire Siena marble and figural bronze mantle clock 'Peasant Boy' le roy & fils, early 19th century
The circular white enamel dial with Roman numerals and breguet hands, enclosed in a circular foliate and fruit-cast bronze ring, the rectangular Siena marble case surmounted by a peasant boy at rest with sickle, basket and sheaf of wheat, supported on plinth base terminating in block feet, the brass countwheel strike movement with silk-suspension, stamped No. 2781, LEROY & FILS, HERS DU ROI A PARIS, oval Cailly Aine mark, the dial signed LE ROY & FILS, HRS DU ROI A PARIS.
H: 17, W: 8 1/2, D: 4 1/2 in.