FRENCH BRONZE GILT ROCOCO STYLE ANTIQUE MANTEL CLOCK BY VINCENTI
DESCRIPTION
A very good quality and ornate French bronze gilt antique mantel clock in the rococo style with pierced scrolling foliate design, moulded detail and diamond pattern to the sides finished with a vase of flowers to the top.
The clock has a white enamel dial with Roman numerals and a French eight day movement on silk suspension which strikes the hours and half hours on a bell with outside count wheel.
The clock movement back plate is stamped with the makers name:-
Vincenti
The dial and the movement back plate has the name:-
F.L Hausburg
Paris
Height - 41 cm (16 inches)
Width - 28 cm (11 inches)
Depth - 15 cm (6 inches)
Circa - 1860
SOLD
Friedrich Ludwig Hausburg was born in Berlin in 1817. He worked alongside his uncle in Paris who specialised in clocks and luxury items. Hausburg joined forces with Promoli in 1840 in Liverpool, who advertised themselves as Jewellers, Watchmakers, Manufacturer’s of Desks, Dressing Cases, Lamps and Chandeliers.
Hausburg retired in 1860, selling his business to W.H.Tooke who continued it from the same address.
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