Lot n° 233
Estimation :
4000 - 6000
EUR
Result without fees
Result
: 4 000EUR
LARGE CLOCK WITH LOVE LEADING THE BOAT OF... - Lot 233 - Briscadieu
LARGE CLOCK WITH LOVE LEADING THE BOAT OF TIME
in patinated bronze and gilt bronze, decorated with swan necks, crocodile heads and trophies, with a N°36 on the back.
Attributed to Claude Galle.
Empire period.
H: 45 cm, W: 55 cm, D: 15 cm
(Accidents, restorations and missing parts, significant wear to the gilding).
A similar example, also in patinated bronze and gilded bronze, is listed in a London sale, Sotheby's, June 28, 2023, lot 458. Other examples are made entirely in gilded bronze, and a variant also exists in Nast porcelain (kept at the Mobilier National in Paris and illustrated in M-F. Dupuy-Baylet, Pendules du Mobilier National 1800-1870, Dijon, 2006, p. 49).
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