Lot 501
501
AN EMPIRE ORMOLU AND VERT MAURIN MARBLE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK 'LA LISEUSE'
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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU AND VERT MAURIN MARBLE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK 'LA LISEUSE'

FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU AND VERT MAURIN MARBLE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK 'LA LISEUSE'
FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, later gilt hands, the eight day twin barrel movement with countwheel strike on bell (now lacking), silk suspension, scratched number to the underside 275; pendulum; key
31.5 cm. high
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Lot Essay

The design for this clock is inspired by the celebrated drawing executed circa 1805 and attributed to Jean-Andri Reiche, which is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer P. Pröschel et. al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 374, fig. 5.15.3. The original model is one of the most liked and often copied clocks. Another version of the same model is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la Pendule Française du Moyen Age au XXe siècle, Paris, 1997, p. 398, ill. B.

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