An Austrian Neoclassical ebonized and parcel-gilt mantel clock early 19th century

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

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Description

GILT BRONZE, EBONIZED BRONZE
height 24 in.; width 15 1/2 in.; depth 5 3/4 in.
61 cm; 39.5 cm; 14.5 cm

Catalogue Note

This clock is a typically central European adaptation of the so-called bon sauvage clocks, which gained great popularity in France during the Directoire period. Whereas in France these clocks were always executed in ormolu and patinated bronze, in the Habsburg lands these materials were substituted with ebonized and gilt wood, mostly for economic reasons.