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A Directoire Gilt and Patinated Bronze Sculptural Mantel Clock, the case by Claude Galle, Circa 1800
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October 18, 08:45 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A Directoire Gilt and Patinated Bronze Sculptural Mantel Clock, the case by Claude Galle, Circa 1800
The enamel dial with Roman numerals signed Galle Rue Vivienne à Paris, blued Breguet hands, flat bottomed countwheel bell striking anchor movement with silk suspended pendulum.
Height 19 1/4 inches by Width 18 1/4 inches by Depth 7 1/2 inches
49 cm; 46.3 cm; 19 cm
Claude Galle (1759-1815) was amongst the greatest bronziers and fondeur-ciseleurs of the late Louis XVI and Empire periods. First patronised by the Garde meuble de la Couronne under Jean d'Heure from 1786-1788, he is known to have collaborated with Pierre-Philipe Thomire, amongst others, and was responsible for much of the bronzes d'ameublement supplied during the Empire period to Fontainebleau.
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