Lot Essay
For related design see: H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Die Bronzearbeiten des Spätbarock und Klassizismus, München 1986, p. 252, pl. 4.6.25.
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GAVELLE L'AINÉ, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
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A LOUIS XVI ORMULU AND WHITE MARBLE QUARTER-STRIKING LYRE CLOCK WITH CALENDER
GAVELLE L'AINÉ, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The blue and white enamel Arabic chapter ring with gilt dot five minute markers and inner concentric calendar ring, signed GAVELLE L'AINÉ A PARIS, ormolu lyre hands, blued steel date pointer and seconds hand, the eight day twin barrel movement with pinwheel escapement and knife-edge suspended gridiron pendulum above, countwheel strike on two bells
61 cm. high
GAVELLE L'AINÉ, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The blue and white enamel Arabic chapter ring with gilt dot five minute markers and inner concentric calendar ring, signed GAVELLE L'AINÉ A PARIS, ormolu lyre hands, blued steel date pointer and seconds hand, the eight day twin barrel movement with pinwheel escapement and knife-edge suspended gridiron pendulum above, countwheel strike on two bells
61 cm. high
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