ID 1488356 
Lot 568  | MAGNIFICENT BRONZE PENDULUM CLOCK LOUIS XVI
Estimate value
€ 5 000 – 6 000 
Thonissen. Paris
Date: Ca. 1810.
Technique: Fire-gilded bronze, Bleu Turquin marble.
Description: On a large rectangular plate with small chiselled feet, two fluted columns with high
pedestals. These feature fine bronze applications and between them the cylindrical clock
case with the triumphant figure of the goddess Athena. The glazed dial features Arabic
hour and minute hands as well as small festoons with roses. Round 14-day pendulum movement
with thread suspension and half-hour strike on bell.
Measurement: 50x40x15.5cm.
Mark: On dial inscr. 'Thonissen Paris' (1806-30, Tardy p.613).
Enclosed: Pendulum & key.
Provenance:
Private collection Rhineland
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| Auction house category: | Clocks - Furnishings | 
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