FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The circular enamel ring dial with Roman chapters shaped as a wheel, surmounted by Minerva and Diomede on a chariot driven by stallions, on a rectangular base with four fasces-form feet, the eight day twin barrel movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike on bell; pendulum
45 cm. high

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Lot Essay

A comparable design for this Pendule au cahriot was made by Reiche in 1807. Reiche's original designs for this clock are in the Bibliotèque Nationale de Paris. There are many known surviving models, including one at Malmaison.
A nearly identical clock is illustrated in Pierre Kjellberg, L'Encyclopedie de la Pendule Francaise (Paris 1997), p. 417., ill. D.
Tardy, French Clocks, Part Two (Paris 1981), p. 279.

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