France. BRONZE PENDULUM WITH BACCHANTE

Estimate value
€ 4 000 – 5 000
Auction dateClassic
16.05.2024 18:00UTC +02:00
Bid acceptance closed for this auction
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Auctioneer
VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH
Event location
Germany, Köln
ID 1207002
Lot 530 | France. BRONZE PENDULUM WITH BACCHANTE
BRONZE PENDULUM WITH BACCHANTE.

France.
Date: 1st half 19th c.
Maker/Designer: Presumably after a model by André-Antoine Raviro.
Technique: Bronze, fire-gilded.
Description: On an oval base young bacchante with moving antique garment in a dancer-like movement.
Balancing a rod on her right shoulder and attached to this the drum-formed clock case with
bells and cymbals. Enamel dial with Roman numerals. 14-day-pendulum movment with thread
suspension, half-hour chime on bell.
Measurement: 39x23x11cm.
Enamelled dial chipped at the winding holes.
Enclosed: P/S.


Literature:
Niehüser, Elke: Die französische Bronzeuhr, Munich 1997. The model is depicted p.230, no.665.

A pendulum of the same model with minor changes in its details can be found in a collection of the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Dresden.
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