$29,520
Dubuc Figural Mantel Clock Depicting George Washington, Paris, c. 1815, the brass case with ormolu decoration and porcelain Roman numeral dial marked Dubuc/Rue Michel-le-Comte N. 33/a Paris , within the engine turned bezel over the banner marked WASHINGTON/First in WAR, First in PEACE, First in the HEARTS of his CONTRYMEN , and eagle finial on a plinth marked E PLURIBUS UNUM flanked by a figure of George Washington in ceremonial military dress all on an ormolu decorated plinth and engine-turned bun feet, ebonized pedestal and glass shade, eight-day time and count-wheel hour and half-hour strike with silk thread pendulum suspension, ht. of clock 16, with pedestal and shade 21 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-05-03