Lot Essay
For related examples, see E. Niehüser, French Bronze Clocks, Munich, 1999, p. 234, no. 784, and Colon de Carvajal, Catalog de Relojos del Patrimonio National, Madrid, 1987, p. 352, cat. 343.
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EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Details
A EMPIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The case surmounted by a flute-playing figure of Orpheus with animals, the enamel dial signed 'Robert Voisin a Paris', the twin barrel movement with later Brocot regulation, countwheel strike to bell
21 ½ in. (55 cm.) high; 18 ½ in. (47 cm.) wide; 6 in. (15 cm.) deep
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The case surmounted by a flute-playing figure of Orpheus with animals, the enamel dial signed 'Robert Voisin a Paris', the twin barrel movement with later Brocot regulation, countwheel strike to bell
21 ½ in. (55 cm.) high; 18 ½ in. (47 cm.) wide; 6 in. (15 cm.) deep
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