Lot 247
247
Property from the Estate of JOE AND MADELEINE BAIN
A CONTINENTAL NEOCLASSIC AND PARCEL-GILT MANTEL CLOCK

FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY AUSTRIAN

Details
A CONTINENTAL NEOCLASSIC AND PARCEL-GILT MANTEL CLOCK
first quarter 19th century, possibly austrian
The circular enamelled dial with arabic numerals surmounted by a seated blackamoor huntress representing Africa wearing a plumed skirt, holding a bow, a dog at her side and a turtle at her feet, on an incurving beaded plinth carved with playing putti and fruit garlands suspended from Medusa masks, on shaped tapering feet, fitted with electrical movement
19½in. (49.5cm.) high, 15in. (38cm.) wide

Lot Essay

The design for this clock is based on a well known type called La Sauvage first conceived by the French bronzier and clock-maker Jean Simon Deverberie or De Verberie, (see Tardy La Pendule Française, vol. 2, p. 357, fig. 1.1). A similar clock by De Verberie is illustrated op.cit., p. 357, fig. 3.