Lot 454
454
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A LOUIS XIV STYLE PATINATED BRONZE CARTEL CLOCK, MID 19TH CENTURY, the circular dial with gilt Roman chapters flanked by paired frolicking cherubs representing the four seasons above a seated figure of Chronos surmounted by fluted Corinthian columns beneath an entablature supporting berried-laurel crowns suspending billowing drapery, the movement stamped 'S. Marti et Cie Medaille de Bronze, E. Lourdelet'--45½ in. high

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A LOUIS XIV STYLE PATINATED BRONZE CARTEL CLOCK, MID 19TH CENTURY, the circular dial with gilt Roman chapters flanked by paired frolicking cherubs representing the four seasons above a seated figure of Chronos surmounted by fluted Corinthian columns beneath an entablature supporting berried-laurel crowns suspending billowing drapery, the movement stamped 'S. Marti et Cie Medaille de Bronze, E. Lourdelet'--45½ in. high

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The firm of Samuel Marti, originally from Montbéliard, exhibited in the Paris exhibitions of 1841, 1851, and 1852. They are recorded in Paris, initially at Rue Orléan-Marais and subsequently at Rue Charlot, from 1850.

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