Strauss & co - 10 - 11 May 2020, Cape Town

276 A Louis XV style ormulu-mounted boulle ebonised longcase clock, circa 1860 the 24,5cm gilt dial with enamel cartouche Roman hour numerals, outer minute track, with steel hands, striking the quarter, half and full hour on a spiral gong, the backplate stamped ‘172 C.R’, the shaped hood surmounted by the seated figure of Chronos, the baluster-shaped trunk centred by a conforming door with an ormolu lenticle below an Apollo mask, on an outswept plinth, raised on a bracket with scrolled apron centred by a further mask, on lion- paw feet, inlaid overall with scrolling inhabited brass arabesques, the whole with scenes from the Commedia del’Arte, 230cm high R60 000 - 80 000 65