A Meissen clock case, circa 1880

A Meissen clock case, circa 1880

Of rococo scroll outline and waisted form, surmounted by a figure of a seated youth, the dial surrounded by flowers and foliage on a scroll-moulded mound base applied with a seated lady holding a garland, a youth with pipe and his seated companion with a basket of fruit, the enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, blue crossed swords mar, incised 572, Pressnummer and painter’s number 25 in iron-red

43 cm high