Pair of Elegant Secretaires from Sicily Italy 19th Century

Japanned longcase

Tower clock lacquered with gilded chinoiserie and polychrome on a green lacquered background. The trunk stands on a large plinth and has a central door crowned on the top and frame by a rich moulding; iside is painted a landscapee with pagodas in a garden where we can meet huma figures in domestic scenes revived by beautiful volatiles, a rich triage enriches the lateral reserves; the tank containing the machanism also has a central crowned door with glass with a hat going up as a pagoda again decorated with landscapes and flowers, on the sides there are dence plant decorations. The 8 days movement relized by Thomas Phippard hits the hours on a bell; it has a brass quadrant with a silvered brass ring with roman numbers for hours and arabic numbers for minutes; there is also an elaborated brass center carved with leaves that contains the vise whit a small hand for seconds; the blued steel hands hare finely made. The fabrication name an the place onf making are engraved on a silver plate placed above the compartment where ther are the lunar dates. The brass vise is enriched by chiselled bronzes and gilded in the corners, it opens up on the upper part giving space to a cobalt night sky on which is painted a vassel