A Charles X bronze, ormolu and marmo verde antico striking pendule a cercles tournants
A Charles X bronze, ormolu and marmo verde antico striking pendule a cercles tournants

AFTER THE MODEL BY CLAUDE GALLÉ. CIRCA 1820

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A Charles X bronze, ormolu and marmo verde antico striking pendule a cercles tournants
After the model by Claude Gallé. Circa 1820
With silvered and engraved revolving chapter rings for hours and minutes, the front mount inscribed OUBLI DU TEMS, the eight day twin barrel movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike on bell; pendulum, winding key
18 in. (46 cm.) high

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Tardy, French Clocks, Part II, Paris, 1981, p.294.
Hans Ottomeyer & Peter Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Vol.1, Klinkhardt & Biermann, Munich, 1986, p.369, fig.5.13.12.
Pierre Kjellberg, La Pendule Francaise, Les Éditions de l'amateur, Paris, 1997, p.401, fig.F.
Gallé designed this model ('Oblivious of Time') for the 1807 exhibition.

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