A FRENCH ORIENTALIST PORCELAIN FIGURAL MANTLE CLOCK GARNITURE
Jacob Petit, Paris, France, 19th century

The case of waisted form in blue and lilac with gilt detailing surmounted by a figure of a Turk on a rearing horse in combat with a leopard, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, the Japy Freres twin train movement with outside countwheel, striking the full and half hours on a bell, stamped with medallion and numbered '1919', flanked by two vase garnitures of cornucopia form, decorated in blue and lilac with gilt detailing of rococo designs and painted floral sprays, the vases each with a gilt foliate cartouche containing exotic birds, the base of both vases stamped 'J.P.' in underglazed blue, 59cm high.

Auction Comparable: See Bonhams, London, Knightsbridge, 14 Jun 2012, Lot 108, a near identical clock garniture by the same maker