Lot 15
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AN EMPIRE PATINATED BRONZE AND ORMOLU PENDULE AU SAUVAGE: 'LA NOURRICE'
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
AN EMPIRE PATINATED BRONZE AND ORMOLU PENDULE AU SAUVAGE: 'LA NOURRICE'

CIRCA 1810

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AN EMPIRE PATINATED BRONZE AND ORMOLU PENDULE AU SAUVAGE: 'LA NOURRICE'
CIRCA 1810
CASE: the female figure with enamel eyes, supporting a bale of bamboo, formerly with baby suspended in a papoose from her neck DIAL: white enamel, with later hands MOVEMENT: lacking striking movement, now with battery movement
15¾ in. (40 cm.) high; 9¾ in. (24.5 cm.) wide; 4¾ in. (12 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

For other models of 'La Nourrice' see H. Ottomeyer & P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, Vol. I, p. 381, fig. 5.15.27. The design was created by the bronzier Croutelle in 1807. See also the Duesberg collection in Mons (catalogue Musée François Duesberg, p. 59); another example -- also lacking the baby -- is in the Spanish royal collection. See J. Ramon Colon de Carvajal, Catalogo de Relojes del Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid, 1987, p 119.

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