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Japy. A Fine Three Piece Lacquered Brass and Champlevé Enamel Striking Clock Garniture
SIGNED JAPY FRERES, MED. D'HONNEUR, RETAILED BY GIBSON CO., LTD, BELFAST, MOVEMENT NO. 2481 64, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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Japy. A Fine Three Piece Lacquered Brass and Champlevé Enamel Striking Clock Garniture
Signed Japy Freres, Med. D'Honneur, Retailed by Gibson Co., Ltd, Belfast, Movement No. 2481 64, Late 19th Century
Brass twin train platform Paris movement, hour and half hour striking on a hammer on to a gong, champlevé decorated pendulum, white enamel dial, Breguet numerals, outer minute track, Arabic five minute divisions, center zone with polychrome floral motif, gilt Louis XIV hands, all in brass clock with in a domed cupola with applied polychrome champlevé enamel bands, surmounted by a foliate finial, Corinthian reeded columns the bottom half with polychrome cloisonné enamel foliate motif, circular stepped base, polychrome champlevé enamel geometric motif border, circular disk feet, the lacquered brass and polychrome champlevé enamel garniture of conforming form centered by seated Sphinxes, movement signed and numbered by maker, dial signed by retailer
clock 50cm high, garniture 40cm high each
Signed Japy Freres, Med. D'Honneur, Retailed by Gibson Co., Ltd, Belfast, Movement No. 2481 64, Late 19th Century
Brass twin train platform Paris movement, hour and half hour striking on a hammer on to a gong, champlevé decorated pendulum, white enamel dial, Breguet numerals, outer minute track, Arabic five minute divisions, center zone with polychrome floral motif, gilt Louis XIV hands, all in brass clock with in a domed cupola with applied polychrome champlevé enamel bands, surmounted by a foliate finial, Corinthian reeded columns the bottom half with polychrome cloisonné enamel foliate motif, circular stepped base, polychrome champlevé enamel geometric motif border, circular disk feet, the lacquered brass and polychrome champlevé enamel garniture of conforming form centered by seated Sphinxes, movement signed and numbered by maker, dial signed by retailer
clock 50cm high, garniture 40cm high each