19th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Ceramics and Works of Art Including Property Formerly from the Palacio Ferreyra, Argentina

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Lot 232
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An Empire Style Painated Bronze Mantle Clock French, circa 1900, after a model by Claude Michallon

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • height 35in.; width 25in.
  • 89cm; 63.5cm
the enamelled dial flanked by Cupid and Psyche set within an arched case, raised on a stepped ebonized and marble base, ending in winged paw feet.

Catalogue Note

An identical model but differently decorated on the arched case containing the movement and the base by Ledure, is in the Ministry of Defense, Paris, illustrated, Ottomeyer, Pröschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, p. 350, fig. 5.7.1.  Other examples are in the Ministry of the Navy, Paris, and in the Royal Pavilion, Brighton.  Another comparable example is illustrated, Tardy, French Clocks The World Over, Paris, 1981, 5th ed., vol. II, p. 366.