Lot Essay
Claude Hemon is recorded in the rue St.-Martin between 1812 and 1820.
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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU AND BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK
The circular brass dial with Roman chapters in a rectangular spreading case with hiroglyphs and surmounted by a lotus leaf-banded cornice, above a bull's head and the lower section with an Egyptian headed vase with lotus flowers, on a rectangular plinth, the movement signed 'HEMON APARIS' to the reverse, with pendulum, the dial associated
14¾ in. (38 cm.) high
The circular brass dial with Roman chapters in a rectangular spreading case with hiroglyphs and surmounted by a lotus leaf-banded cornice, above a bull's head and the lower section with an Egyptian headed vase with lotus flowers, on a rectangular plinth, the movement signed 'HEMON APARIS' to the reverse, with pendulum, the dial associated
14¾ in. (38 cm.) high