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Important Gilt Bronze and Swedish Porphyry War...

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Important Gilt Bronze and Swedish Porphyry War Trophy Mantel Clock Sweden, first third of the 19th century, circa 1815-1820 Height 56 cm; base 17.5 cm x 17.5 cm The gilt bronze dial, adorned with a frieze of stylised foliage, indicates the hours, in Arabic numerals and the graduated minutes, by means of a pair of blued steel hands. It is set in a moulded, truncated Swedish porphyry column, which rests on a square base cut from the same block of marble. Surrounding the dial are high-relief ormolu mounts depicting a ribbon-tied swag of oak leaves and acorns and two Hercules’ clubs. The column is surmounted by a very fine military trophy adorned with two olive branches and made up of shields bearing foliage, palmettes, a rosette, and winged thunderbolts, a beam with a ram’s head, a quiver with feather-topped arrows, a flail, an axe, and a long warrior’s tunic topped by a plumed helmet. - REF: P055 Piece also visible on our website (with HQ pictures) and in our gallery La Pendulerie (Rive Droite) located at 134 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris. NB : All the gilding present on our objects (antique clocks, lighting, furniture and antiquity art) is the original gilding, meaning mercury gilding, also called “ormolu”. We have a thorough cleaning process where we clean each individual part made in gilt bronze while respecting the quality of the original gilding.

La Pendulerie
134, rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré
75008 Paris
lapendulerie@lapendulerie.com
Tel. +33 (0)1 86 90 99 70