Lot 484
  • 484

An Empire ormolu mantel clock circa 1810

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • height 19in.; width 14 1/4 in.
  • (48.3cm; 36.2cm)
the enamelled chapter ring set in a knotted tree truck flanked by the figure of Hercules wielding a club.

Catalogue Note

An identical clock was sold, Sotheby's, New York, May 22, 1993, lot 199, illustrated.  Another with enamelled dial was sold, Christie's, Paris, June 24, 2003, lot 523, illustrated.  See also a clock in the Museo de Relojes, Jerez de la Frontera, illustrated, Ottomeyer, et. al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, Vol. I, p. 399. fig. 5.18.20.