Details
A CHARLES X BRONZE AND ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK in the form of Minerva with circular ormolu dial as a shield with the signs of the Zodiac alternating with enamel numerals, borne by the Goddess with plumed helmet and wearing classical robes while holding a spear, on red marble rectangular pedestal with martial trophies flanked by anthemia, the sides with trophies emblematic of the Arts, on an ormolu plinth
33¾in. (86cm.) high
33¾in. (86cm.) high
Further details
A clock of this model in the Schloss Gust, Stockholm, is illustrated in H.Ottomeyer & P.Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol.II, p.397, no. 5.18.12. The body of Minerva is gilded.
Another with the same feature is illustrated in Tardy, La Pendule Française, 2.partie, p.378
Another with the same feature is illustrated in Tardy, La Pendule Française, 2.partie, p.378