Lot 132
 

A LATE 19TH CENTURY GREY MARBLE AND GILT BRONZE MOUNTED LYRE CLOCK GARNITURE SIGNED 'TIFFANY & CO' in the Louis XVI style, the lyre clock of typical form with sunburst mask crest over rose garlands , the lyre frame with laurel mounts, raised on an oval plinth base, the white enamelled dial decorated with floral garlands and signed 'Tiffany & Co.', with Arabic numerals and Roman five minute markers, the twin train movement striking on a bell, with paste set, swinging pendulum  which flanks the beaded bezel, the matching garniture candelabra with conforming decoration, on baluster bodies over domed circular bases, with candle branches modelled as roses, also paste set, the clock 49cm high (3) For a similar lyre clock with knife edge suspension to the paste set pendulum see the Joseph M Meraux Collection of Rare and Unusual Clocks, Sotheby's, 28 Jun3 1993, lot 75.
Estimated at £5,000 - £8,000

 

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