Lot 174
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A CONSULAT TERRACOTTA AND ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK

Details
A CONSULAT TERRACOTTA AND ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
CIRCA 1805, ATTRIBUTED TO CLAUDE GALLE

The circular enamel dial with arabic and roman chapters signed Bausse Au Meridien BIvert d'Antin surmounted by a later urn above a draped Egyptian figure on a square plinth, inscribed in ink 66205 on the reverse of the movement and the underside of the terracotta (lacking pendulum, chips)--21in. (53.2cm.) high, 6½in. (16.5cm.) wide, deep

Bausse recorded in Paris in 1804

Lot Essay

Several clocks of this model, made of plaster stained to resemble terracotta, were executed by Claude Galle in 1805, including an example with the movement by Bausse illustrated in H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, 1986, vol. I, p.366, no. 5.13.4.