ID 679207
Lot 173 | PENDULE DOUBLE-FACES DE LA FIN DE L'EPOQUE EMPIRE
Estimate value
€ 8 000 – 12 000
VERS 1815
En bronze ciselé et doré, les cadrans inscrits dans un temple sommé de deux têtes d’Apollon rayonnant, le linteau orné d’une frise de griffons, l’architecture ornée à chaque angle d’une Victoire retenant de lourdes guirlandes de fleurs et fruits, la base rythmée de griffons-tritons ; les cadrans et mouvements (un à une face et un à double face) à réinstaller et à refixer
H.: 70 cm. (27 1⁄2 in.) ; L.: 33 cm. (13 in.) ; P.: 27 cm. (10 2⁄3 in.)
Provenance
Valeria Knapp Langeloth Bonham ; vente Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 15 et 16 janvier 1954, lot 220.
Exhibited
French Clocks in North American Collections, New York, The Frick Collection, novembre 1982 – janvier 1983, n. 96
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Post lot text
A LATE EMPIRE ORMOLU DOUBLE-FACED CLOCK, CIRCA 1815
Art style: | Empire |
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Auction house category: | Clocks - Furnishings |
Art style: | Empire |
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