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An Empire ormolu and green and red mottled marble striking mantel clock 'La Liseuse'

THE MOVEMENT BY LE ROY, PARIS

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An Empire ormolu and green and red mottled marble striking mantel clock 'La Liseuse'
The movement by Le Roy, Paris
The circular white-enamelled Roman and Arabic dial signed Le Roy à Paris, within the drumcase containing the movement with silk-suspended pendulum and outside countwheel strike on bell, surmounted by an oil-lamp, flanked by an elegant maiden reading a book, seated on a luxurious fauteuil flanked by various books, above a stepped rectangular plinth, on toupie feet, the marble restored to the reverse
31.5cm. high x 28.5cm. wide x 14cm. deep

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Christie's charges a Buyer's premium calculated at 23.205% of the hammer price for each lot with a value up to €110,000. If the hammer price of a lot exceeds €110,000 then the premium for the lot is calculated at 23.205% of the first €110,000 plus 11.9% of any amount in excess of €110,000. Buyer's Premium is calculated on this basis for each lot individually.

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Please note that the estimate should read EURO 2000-3000.

拍品專文

The design for this clock is inspired by the celebrated drawing executed circa 1805 and attributed to Jean-André Reiche, which is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer P. Pröschel et. al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 374, fig. 5.15.3. The original model is one of the most liked and often copied clocks.

Another version of the same model is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la Pendule Française du Moyen Age au XXe siècle, Paris, 1997, p. 398, ill. B.

A virtually identical clock was sold anonymously in these Rooms, 23-24 May 1985, lot 278. Another virtually identical clock was sold anonymously in these Rooms, 21 December 1988, lot 121.

See illustration