Lot n° 43
Surmounted by the figure of a young Apollo, a gilt bow and arrow in his hands, quiver on his back and hair tied up, sitting on a gilt drum case framed by a pair of sprays of foliage and flowers, all held aloft by the patinated figure of an elephant standing at a slight forward angle to the left, his twin-domed head tilted to the right, and trunk curled further still toward the viewer and turning upwards at the tip in curiosity. The heavy load above sitting on a patterned caparison with frilled edge and cast scrollwork with matt and burnished belt running around his body. Further set on a naturalistic knoll of rockwork and foliage on a series of florid foliate scrolls. The 5 inch enamel Roman and Arabic dial signed in the centre and sporting a pair of good pierced and engraved gilt hands, protected by a domed glass in a moulded bezel, the rear door with domed pierced sound fret backed in red silk and opening to reveal circular plates with flattened lower edges united by five pillars, silk suspension and large outside countwheel with a five-pointed star centre.
Ticking, striking. Sold together with the pendulum and an associated blue velvet-covered stand. 43cms (17ins) high.
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