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Sat, Sep 13, 2014 09:00AM EDT - Sun, Sep 14, 2014 09:00AM EDT
Lot 719

Art Nouveau Gilt, Metal and Onyx

Estimate: $500 - $700

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Clock Garniture French, circa 1900, enameled dial signed "A L'Alliance Leforestier Paris", central figure after Bruchon, 24 x 12-1/2 x 8 in.; flanked by two matching urns finished in [verdigris,] 15-3/4 in., figure on clock lacking one thumb and with surface dirt and distress and some losses to gilding, figure and mounts somewhat loose, minor losses to enameling on dial; urns with scattered surface dirt, some feet slightly loose, onyx with some natural cracks and inclusions throughout clock and urns. Provenance: Estate of Charles Edward and Miriam Barr Mitchell, Woodlawn, Quinby, South Carolina

Condition

figure on clock lacking one thumb and with surface dirt and distress and some losses to gilding, figure and mounts somewhat loose, minor losses to enameling on dial; urns with scattered surface dirt, some feet slightly loose, onyx with some natural cracks and inclusions throughout clock and urns