Boundary clock in gilt bronze and yellow veined... Lot 259

Boundary clock in gilt bronze and yellow veined white marble with allegorical decoration of the Dawn, in the form of a woman raising a veil, a cock at her side, sitting on a globe containing the movement and presenting the dial with applied Arabic numeral indexes, and resting on a pedestal composed of attributes symbolising the night (moon, owl, poppies and clouds), on a circular quadripod base with flower-decorated protrusions. Mechanical spiral movement with key winding. Late 19th or early 20th century. H. Height: 39.5 cm. Wear and tear and some gilding oxidation; number 9 and a hand missing. Movement to be revised. Veiled back door, closing to be revised. Scratches and a few scratches.