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PENDULE MYSTERIEUSE D`EPOQUE NAPOLEON III

Starting price
€ 15 000
Auction dateClassic
30.06.2022 14:00UTC +02:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
France, Paris
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ID 780252
Lot 198 | PENDULE MYSTERIEUSE D'EPOQUE NAPOLEON III
PENDULE MYSTERIEUSE D'EPOQUE NAPOLEON III

ATTRIBUEE A JEAN EUGENE ROBERT HOUDIN, VERS 1850

En porcelaine de Paris, vers 1840, ornementation de bronze ciselé et doré, le cadran en verre inscrit de chiffres romains indiquant les heures, reposant sur un piedouche, le corps centré d'un vase fleuri et de volutes feuillagées, encadré par deux bustes de femme en terme, le socle à décor de rinceaux sur six pieds en enroulement ; fêle au cadran

H.: 49,5 cm. (19 1⁄2 in.) ; L.: 23 cm. (9 in.) ; P.: 11,5 cm. (4 1⁄2 in.)





Provenance

Vente Néret-Minet Coutau-Bégarie, Paris, 26 avril 1991, lot 59.

Acquis au cours de cette vente.



Literature

Bibliographie comparative:

Tardy, La pendule francaise dans le monde, 3e partie, Paris, p. 138.



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Post lot text

A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU AND SÈVRES PORCELAIN MYSTERY CLOCK ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN EUGENE ROBERT HOUDIN, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Applied technique:Metalwork, Pottery
Medium:Bronze, Glass, Ceramic, Porcelain
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Clocks - Furnishings
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