A CHARLES X BRONZE AND ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK

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A CHARLES X BRONZE AND ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
The main body with Minerva holding the circular ormolu dial as a shield with the signs of the Zodiac alternating with enamel numerals, the Goddess wearing a plumed helmet and classical robes while holding a spear, on a red griotte marble rectangular pedestal with martial trophies flanked by anthemia, the sides with trophies emblematic of the Arts, on an ormolu plinth, with winder and pendulum
33¾ in. (86 cm.) high

來源

Edward Medlicott, Esq., Sacombe Park, Hertfordshire, sold Christie's house sale, 11 October 1993, lot 5.

拍品專文

An entirely gilt model of this clock was supplied to the Royal Household in Stockholm on 12 June 1823 by Gerard-Jean Galle for which he received in return a quantity of porphyry worth 1350 francs (H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel, et.al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1987, vol. II, p. 397, fig. 5.18.12).
A further example is illustrated in Tardy, La Pendule Française, Paris, 1967/1969, vol. II, p. 378.