AN EMPIRE ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK

CIRCA 1812, THE DIAL SIGNED BAUSSE RUE DE RICHELIEU NO. 47

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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
Circa 1812, the dial signed BAUSSE RUE DE RICHELIEU NO. 47
Depicting Aurora lifting the cloak of darkness from the globe and revealing a comet, the globe centered by a dial with enamelled Roman chapter ring, with a cockerel standing to the side, on a rectangular base mounted with winged putti tying a large floral bouquet and with further bouquets flanking, on ball feet, the cockerel largely replaced
20in. (51cm.) high, 15in. (38cm.) wide, 5in. (12.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Pierre Guillaume Basse, maître in 1782.

This clock probably depicts the comet of 1811-1812, known as Napoleon's Comet. A closely related clock is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la Pendule Franaise, Paris, 1997, p.394, fig. C.

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