CIRCA 1830

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A CHARLES X ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-GLASS CLOCK
CIRCA 1830
With black lacquer and gilt Roman dial within a foliate bezel, supported by hippocampi, above a rectangular cut-glass body on a stiff leaf-cast plinth, the movement impressed 391
19 ¼ in. (49 cm.) high, 7 ¾ in. (19.5 cm.) wide, 4 in. (10 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

A design for a very similar clock with chimera rather than hippocampi is illustrated in R. Garnier and C. Plante, Designs for Gilt Bronze Objects from the French Restoration 1814-1830, New York, 2002, pp. 132-133.

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