THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A large French ormolu and bronze mantel clock
BY HENRY DASSON, PARIS, DATED 1881
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A large French ormolu and bronze mantel clock
By Henry Dasson, Paris, Dated 1881
Cast with figures in the manner of Clodion, surmounted by a satyr and bacchante with tambourine overflowing with vines, above the drum-shaped case with segmented white enamel dial with Roman numerals, the twin-train movement with countwheel striking on a bell, flanked to one side by a flute-playing satyr and to the other with a female satyr, both surrounded by drunken putti, on scrolling foliate-cast base, signed Henry Dasson 1881
31 in. (78.7 cm.) wide; 29¾ in. (75.5 cm.) high; 10 in. (25.3 cm.) deep
By Henry Dasson, Paris, Dated 1881
Cast with figures in the manner of Clodion, surmounted by a satyr and bacchante with tambourine overflowing with vines, above the drum-shaped case with segmented white enamel dial with Roman numerals, the twin-train movement with countwheel striking on a bell, flanked to one side by a flute-playing satyr and to the other with a female satyr, both surrounded by drunken putti, on scrolling foliate-cast base, signed Henry Dasson 1881
31 in. (78.7 cm.) wide; 29¾ in. (75.5 cm.) high; 10 in. (25.3 cm.) deep