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A LARGE NAPOLEON III ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK
A LARGE NAPOLEON III ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK
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A LARGE NAPOLEON III ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK

OF LOUIS XV STYLE, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A LARGE NAPOLEON III ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK
OF LOUIS XV STYLE, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
CASE: drum-shaped surmounted by a wreath and trumpet bearing putto, supported on a rockwork body issuing acanthus branches, hung with a floral garland and centured by a putto flanked to each side by a seated nymph, on a serpentine rocaille base and conforming stepped Villefranche de conflent marble plinth DIAL: relief cast and inset with individual enamel plaques, blued-steel hands MOVEMENT: twin barrels with Brocot escapement and rack strike to bell, stamped 'ROBLIN A PARIS'; lacking pendulum
40½ in. (103 cm.) high; 37 in. (94 cm.) wide; 15½ in. (39 cm.) deep, overall

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Lot Essay

This rare and large mantel clock is inspired by Edmé Jean Gallien's Pendule à la Gloire du Roi, supplied for the Cabinet du Roi at Versailles in 1754. A 19th century copy of that model, cast by Graux-Marly Frères and 35 in. high, sold A Private Collection Volume II, Sotheby's, New York, lot 31 ($102,000). The present lot is larger and differs in being further embellished with seated bronze figures of nymphs.

Roblin et Fils Frères is recorded in Paris at Rue Vieille du Temple in 1860 and Rue des Filles du Calvaire by 1870. The firm exhibited at the 1867 Paris Exposition Universelle and continued until 1880-90.

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