- Lot 314

Lot n° 314
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- Lot 314
Empire clock in gilt bronze symbolizing inspiration. A seated woman writing with a winged figure illuminating her. The movement inserted in a leafy portico with on one side a ewer and on the other side a tripod pedestal table representing on its upper part a brazier. The base decorated with a frieze representing musical nymphs and a love among the clouds. Claw feet. Movement with wire, ringing hour and half on wheel of account. Dial signed Rolland in Marseille. Model of a Parisian bronzier probably signed by a dealer in Marseille at the time. Hands Breguet. Empire period. H 53 x W 38 x D 13 cm Expertise of Mr. Stéphane Girardot A clock with a pendulum identical to the model is represented in: P. Kjellberg, La pendule française du Moyen Age au XXe siècle, Paris 1998; P. 393 (fig. G). Also in: E. Niehüser, The French Bronze Clock, Augsburg 2004; P. 221 (No. 480).
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