Dagoty and Honoré antique French porcelain mantel clock

The porcelain clock case is formed as a Gothic cathedral set onto a rectangular parcel gilt base. The porcelain cathedral features two architectural tiers and a surmounting clock tower, and is coloured predominantly with a green ground and decorated with gilt accents all over. The lower tier features a central arched doorway which contains a trompe l'oeil painted scene of figures in a landscape with another cathedral in the background and is flanked on each side by painted trompe l'oeil stained-glass windows depicting saints.

The upper tier features trompe l'oeil stained-glass windows decorated in yellow and purple on a sky-blue ground. The circular clock dial is set above the painted windows to the front of the piece and features a gilt metal border. The case is surmounted by a pointed pediment with a gilt crest and bow and is flanked on each side by two gilt turrets.

The clock is marked 'Ancienne Maison Dagoty / Ed. Honoré A Paris / 4 Boulevard Poissoniere' to the underside.

For a similar example see Christie's New York sale 2566, 7 June 2012, lot 75, which sold for $18,750.