Lot 494
A FRENCH ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK BY VINCENTI ET CIE, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY The circular white enameled dial with Roman and Arabic numeral hour markers, surmounted by an urn, flanked by swags and futed columns surmounted by finials, eight day movement striking the hours on a bell, one hand damaged71,5cm highThe company of Vincenti was founded in Montbeliard, on the Franco-Swiss border in 1823, and ownership passed to Messrs Roux in 1834; at the 1855 Paris Exhibition they won the silver medal.
