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Lot Essay
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
H. Ottomeyer & P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, Vol. I, p. 280, fig. 4.13.1; P. Kjellberg, L'Encyclopédie de la Pendule Française, Paris, 1997, p. 242, fig. B
This clock, after a model introduced in Paris in the 1780s, celebrates Love's triumph by evoking the 'Feast of Bacchus'. Similar examples have been sold: the Spaans collection, Christie's Amsterdam, 19 December 2007, lot 471 (10,200 euros); the Property of a European Lady, Christie's Amsterdam, 21 September 2001, lot 447 (10,755 euros); and anonymous sale, Christie's London, 13 December 2001, lot 555 (£7,050). The latter example was signed by Claude Charles Filon.
H. Ottomeyer & P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, Vol. I, p. 280, fig. 4.13.1; P. Kjellberg, L'Encyclopédie de la Pendule Française, Paris, 1997, p. 242, fig. B
This clock, after a model introduced in Paris in the 1780s, celebrates Love's triumph by evoking the 'Feast of Bacchus'. Similar examples have been sold: the Spaans collection, Christie's Amsterdam, 19 December 2007, lot 471 (10,200 euros); the Property of a European Lady, Christie's Amsterdam, 21 September 2001, lot 447 (10,755 euros); and anonymous sale, Christie's London, 13 December 2001, lot 555 (£7,050). The latter example was signed by Claude Charles Filon.