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A gilt-bronze mantel clock Empire, early 19th century
Estimate
12,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description
- 57cm. high, 52cm. wide, 16cm. deep; 1ft. 10½in., 1ft. 8½in., 6¼in.
the white enamel dial contained within a drum shaped case in the form of a wheel surmounted by a charioteer with a shield and fasces, drawn by two horses on a rectangular plinth the front cast with a charioteer and neo-classical figures amongst arches, on bracket feet cast with military trophies
Catalogue Note
Comparative Literature:
Arcadi Gaydamak, Russian Empire, Moscow, 2003, p. 44, illustrates a French Empire mantel clock with `The Chariot of Apollo' conceived in a similar vein to this clock.