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Charles Champion, maître horloger 1717.
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FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY, THE MOVEMENT BY CHARLES CHAMPION
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A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID RED TORTOISESHELL BOULLE MARQUETRY BRACKET CLOCK
FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY, THE MOVEMENT BY CHARLES CHAMPION
The circular glazed ormolu dial with inset white-enamelled Roman numerals and twin-barrel movement signed 'Charles Champion a Paris', the arched pediment headed by the figure of Saturn and flanked by flaming urns, above a relief depicting Jupiter on his cart driven by two horses, the angles headed by female terms, the glazed concave-fronted sides headed by a perforated shell, the canted angles terminating in toupie feet, the lambrequinned bracket centred by Apollo's mask, flanked by four S-scrolled supports issuing from an acanthus and fruited foliage boss
53 in. (135 cm.); 21 in. (53,5 cm.) wide; 8 in. (20 cm.) deep
FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY, THE MOVEMENT BY CHARLES CHAMPION
The circular glazed ormolu dial with inset white-enamelled Roman numerals and twin-barrel movement signed 'Charles Champion a Paris', the arched pediment headed by the figure of Saturn and flanked by flaming urns, above a relief depicting Jupiter on his cart driven by two horses, the angles headed by female terms, the glazed concave-fronted sides headed by a perforated shell, the canted angles terminating in toupie feet, the lambrequinned bracket centred by Apollo's mask, flanked by four S-scrolled supports issuing from an acanthus and fruited foliage boss
53 in. (135 cm.); 21 in. (53,5 cm.) wide; 8 in. (20 cm.) deep
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