Description
Empire figure pendulum in gilt bronze and moss green veined marble. Above a transverse rectangular, dam. Fully sculpted depiction of a young lady dressed in antique style sitting in a gondola chair at a table as an allegory of poetry. Crowning in the form of a bust of Apollo. Round, profile-framed, unmarked enamel dial. Enamel dial, marked Vaillant à Paris. Pendulum movement with pendulum spring and half-hour strike on bell. Rep. and erg. H. 37 cm. 36 cm x 12.5 cm. Cf. Tardy, p. 625 and Baillie, p. 232. Provenance: from a Hamburg family of entrepreneurs. A French gilt bronze and marble Empire mantel clock. Flaws. Repaired and additions. Strikes half hour on a bell. France. Early 19th century.
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Empire figure pendulum in gilt bronze and moss green veined marble. Above a transverse rectangular, dam. Fully sculpted depiction of a young lady dressed in antique style sitting in a gondola chair at a table as an allegory of poetry. Crowning in the form of a bust of Apollo. Round, profile-framed, unmarked enamel dial. Enamel dial, marked Vaillant à Paris. Pendulum movement with pendulum spring and half-hour strike on bell. Rep. and erg. H. 37 cm. 36 cm x 12.5 cm. Cf. Tardy, p. 625 and Baillie, p. 232. Provenance: from a Hamburg family of entrepreneurs. A French gilt bronze and marble Empire mantel clock. Flaws. Repaired and additions. Strikes half hour on a bell. France. Early 19th century.
