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A NAPOLEON III GILT BRONZE AND MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK
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A NAPOLEON III GILT BRONZE AND MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK

CIRCA 1870

细节
A NAPOLEON III GILT BRONZE AND MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK
CIRCA 1870
The clock modelled as the figure of Minerva with shield as dial, on a rouge griotte marble plinth, the backplate numbered '717'
29¾in. (75.5cm.) high
注意事项
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拍品专文

A clock of related design is in the Spanish Royal collection, illustrated in J. Ramon Colon de Carvajal, 'Catalogo de Relojes del Patrimonio Nacional', Editorial Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid, 1987, p.185, no.165. Another of related design was supplied by Gerard-Jean Galle (d.1846) to the Royal Palace in Stockholm in 1823 (see H.Ottomeyer and P.Proschel, 'Vergoldete Bronzen', Munich, 1986. p. 397, fig. 5.18.12). Other similar examples may be found in the Prado and at Malmaison.