Lot Essay
An almost identical clock to the design of the Apollo and Bacchus model was sold Christie's London, 19 March 1970, lot 38.
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Design for a clock depicting Lyric Love and Concord
Details
French School, Circa 1820
Design for a clock depicting Lyric Love and Concord
numbered 'N:3.' (lower centre)
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour
25 x 18¾ in. (63.5 x 47.6 cm.)
Together with two hand-coloured lithographic prints of clock designs depicting Sappho and the Genius of Love and Apollo and Bacchus
three in the lot (3)
Design for a clock depicting Lyric Love and Concord
numbered 'N:3.' (lower centre)
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour
25 x 18¾ in. (63.5 x 47.6 cm.)
Together with two hand-coloured lithographic prints of clock designs depicting Sappho and the Genius of Love and Apollo and Bacchus
three in the lot (3)
Literature
C. Plante, Designs for Gilt Bronze Objects from the French Restoration 1814-1830, London 2002, pp. 84-85, 98-99, 116-117.
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