Lot Essay
This emblematical clockdepicts love in the form of a cherub steering Hope who sits atop a cornucopia-enriched altar
GAULIN À PARIS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
gaulin à paris, early 19th century
The case modelled as a ship and surmounted by the figure of Hope, flanked by marine and cornucopia mounts, with a cherub at the helm, supported on dolphins to the rectangular base with surface naturalistically modelled with rippling water, crossed trident and oar mounts to the front, on milled barrel-shaped feet, the white enamel Arabic dial with pierced gilt hands signed Gaulin à Paris, the twin barrel movement with silk suspension and strike on bell
14¾in. (37.5cm.) high
gaulin à paris, early 19th century
The case modelled as a ship and surmounted by the figure of Hope, flanked by marine and cornucopia mounts, with a cherub at the helm, supported on dolphins to the rectangular base with surface naturalistically modelled with rippling water, crossed trident and oar mounts to the front, on milled barrel-shaped feet, the white enamel Arabic dial with pierced gilt hands signed Gaulin à Paris, the twin barrel movement with silk suspension and strike on bell
14¾in. (37.5cm.) high