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SOULIOTE EN AMBUSCADE" CLOCK Beautiful gilded and blackened bronze model, representing the Greek soldier after the painting by Henri Decaisne (1799-1852), 1826. He is shown hidden behind a rock, with his right knee on the ground, holding his tromblon rifle. Classical base decorated with trophies and floral garlands. Silvered bronze guilloché dial with black Roman numerals. France, circa 1830-40. A BRONZE CLOCK, "SOULIOTE IN AN AMBUSH", FRANCE, CA. 1830-40. HEIGHT. 36 CM (14 3/16 IN.) BIBLIOGRAPHY For a similar clock, see Stéphan Adler, Les Heures du Philhellénisme, Les pendules philhelléniques françaises, Éditions Olkos, Athens, 2018, N° 53, p. 143.
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SOULIOTE EN AMBUSCADE" CLOCK Beautiful gilded and blackened bronze model, representing the Greek soldier after the painting by Henri Decaisne (1799-1852), 1826. He is shown hidden behind a rock, with his right knee on the ground, holding his tromblon rifle. Classical base decorated with trophies and floral garlands. Silvered bronze guilloché dial with black Roman numerals. France, circa 1830-40. A BRONZE CLOCK, "SOULIOTE IN AN AMBUSH", FRANCE, CA. 1830-40. HEIGHT. 36 CM (14 3/16 IN.) BIBLIOGRAPHY For a similar clock, see Stéphan Adler, Les Heures du Philhellénisme, Les pendules philhelléniques françaises, Éditions Olkos, Athens, 2018, N° 53, p. 143.
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