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A Restauration ormolu and patinated bronze striking mantel clock "l'Amour et l'Amitie"

FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A Restauration ormolu and patinated bronze striking mantel clock "l'Amour et l'Amitie"
First quarter 19th Century
The circular white-enamelled dial with Roman chapters, signed Galle/Rue Vivienne à Paris, containing the movement with silk-suspended pendulum and outside countwheel strike on bell, surmounted by an elegant maiden sending a letter with a dove, seated on a luxurious fauteuil flanked by a gueridon, the rounded rectangular base with a relief depicting a shepherd with his dog and flock of sheep, receiving a letter, on bun feet
47cm. high x 47cm. wide x 18cm. deep

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Lot Essay

Galle à Paris Rue Vivienne, is mentioned in Tardy's Dictionaire des horlogers Francais as being active on Rue Vivienne in 1830.
The signature probably refers to the bronzier Gérad Jean Gallé (1788-1846). He was the son of Claude Gallé (1759-1815) who was bronzier to the Garde-Meuble during the reign of Louis XVI and also during the Consulat and the Empire.
A mantel clock with the same basic design but in a different configuration is illustrated in Pierre Kjellberg La Pendule Française p. 397, ill. D.

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