A FRENCH ORMOLU ORIENTALIST MANTEL CLOCK

A FRENCH ORMOLU ORIENTALIST MANTEL CLOCK

BY RAINGO FRERES, C.1830-40

the brass eight day drum movement with outside countwheel, striking on a bell and stamped 'RAINGO FRERES' and 'VINER A PARIS', on an enamelled dial with black Roman hours inside scrolling foliage, surmounted by a turbanned Sultan reclining on a devan and holding a hookah pipe, the case stamped '1296', with a pendulum

27.5cm high, 17.5cm wide, 7.5cm deep