Sale 1204
New York
|
5 March 2003
Price realised
USD 9,560
Estimate
A RESTAURATION ORMOLU-MOUNTED PATINATED-BRONZE AND VERDE ANTICO MANTEL CLOCK circa 1815, the circular dial with Roman chapters within a domed case, the base with figures of Napoleon and a figure of the Princess Hatzfeld, on paw feet, later glass to face, lacking pendulum and key 18½in. (47cm.) high, 13¼in. (34cm.) wide
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Literature
An almost identical model is illustrated P. Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de La Pendule Français du Moyen Age au XXe siècle, Paris, 1997, p. 414, fig. B.
The narrative subject matter of this clock depicts the Princess de Hatzfeld beging Napoleon to pardon her husband after comitting treason. Napoleon motions for her to eliminate the proof of the crime by throwing it into the fire.
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