11 - A PARIS PORCELAIN 'TURQUERIE' FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK, PROBABLY JACOB PETIT, MID 19TH CENTURY

A PARIS PORCELAIN 'TURQUERIE' FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK, PROBABLY JACOB PETIT, MID 19TH CENTURY the detachable surmount modelled as an Ottoman seated on a rock clutching his sword in his left hand, in gilt and polychrome with striped tunic, orange waistcoat and cream trousers with repeat leaf motifs, a pair of pistols tucked in his waistband, the Rococo Revival clock case with gilt scrollwork, the raspberry ground with an exotic bird reserve and floral reserves to sides, with replacement white composition Arabic dial and gilt-metal beaded bezel, the French two train eight day movement with silk suspension, exterior countwheel and striking on a bell, with pendulum and key, 43cm high See Haydn Williams, 'Turquerie: an 18th Century European Fantasy', London, 2014, pp.210-11 for illustrations and discussion of similar models.