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Paris, Empire period.
Elegant lyre clock in finely chiseled and gilded bronze, matt and shiny.
Attributed to the bronzier CHOISELAT GALLIEN (Louis Isidore Choiselat Gallien, "bronzier du Garde-Meuble")
Dial in the form of a delicately openwork rosette, applied with twelve cartouches with Arabic numerals.
Surmounted by the bust of Apollo between two swan necks holding a garland in their beak.
Rectangular base in sea green marble, decorated with an applied frieze of laurel wreaths, torches and ribbons Resting on four small acorn-shaped feet.
Complete movement revised by our watchmaker, in perfect working order,
Anchor escapement with silk thread suspension.
Brass gong, strikes the hours and half hours.
Height 50 cm Width 19 cm Depth 11.5 cm
Three identical models are known:
One at the Bayerischen Schlössserverwaltung in Munich,
The second at the Royal Pavilion in Brighton,
The third at the Ministry of Finance in Paris.
Bibliography:
Elke Niehüser: French Bronze Clocks, o.A. 1999, p. 258, fig. 1226.
H. Ottomeyer / P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen - Die Bronzearbeiten des Spätbarock und Klassizismus, München 1986; I, p. 379 (ill. 5.15.21).
Ref: F5XLN13FM4