NINETEENTH CENTURY GILT BRONZE AND HAND PAINTED PORCELAIN MA...

Hammer

£700

NINETEENTH CENTURY GILT BRONZE AND HAND PAINTED PORCELAIN MANTLE CLOCK IN THE ORIENTAL TASTE, the 5” Roman dial with floral painted, pale blue centre, powered by a drum shaped movement, stamped A*B, and striking on a bell, housed within a flat topped case surmounted by a snarling three toed dragon and set above figural and floral painted panels to the front and ornate elephant mask handles to the side, 16 ½” (42cm) high, one of the porcelain inscribed in red paint to the reverse ‘HAUT 4832