A FRENCH EMPIRE BRONZE, ORMOLU AND MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK

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A FRENCH EMPIRE BRONZE, ORMOLU AND MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK
Surmounted by the armed figure of Minerva holding a gilt spear and a hexagonal shield with a Medusa mask to the centre forming the dial, with a pair of steel hands, on a rectangular rouge griotte marble plinth and an ormolu base
62 cm high

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A 10% Goods and Services tax (G.S.T) will be charged on the Buyer's Premium in all lots in this sale

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An identical clock from the collection of the Musee Marmotton, Paris, is illustrated in L'Empire by Yves Brayer, Alain Jacob, Jean-Marie Praquin, Pierre Segeron & Georges Vigne, pub. AMC Decor, Paris, July 1977, p. 69.
This clock is also illustrated in Encyclopedii La Pendule Frangaise du Moyen Age au xxe sihcle by Pierre Kjellberg ( pub. Paris, 1997) Page 412, illustration B, with the following description: Pendule en bronze dori et patini reprisentant Athina, ipoque Empire. H. 61 cms. La diesse tient son boucliir, orni d'une tjte de Miduse, dans lequel s'inscrit le cadran. Base en marbre griotte