Lot Essay
A Louis XVI clock of related design is illustrated in Pierre Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la Pendule Francaise, Paris, 1997, p.263.
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Details
A Napoleon III gilt and patinated bronze and verde antico marble striking mantel clock, circa 1860
The case modelled with a recumbent female figure reading a book to one side and with a book and garland mount to its top, with beaded and bead and reel galleries above a moulded marmo verde antico plinth, formerly with further base below, the white enamel Roman and Arabic dial with pierced gilt-metal hands, the twin barrel movement with countwheel strike on bell -- 23¼in. (59cm.) wide
The case modelled with a recumbent female figure reading a book to one side and with a book and garland mount to its top, with beaded and bead and reel galleries above a moulded marmo verde antico plinth, formerly with further base below, the white enamel Roman and Arabic dial with pierced gilt-metal hands, the twin barrel movement with countwheel strike on bell -- 23¼in. (59cm.) wide
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