RARO OROLOGIO A PENDOLO IN BRONZO DORATO DI GUSTO SINIZZANTE, FRANCIA 1790 CIRCA

peculiar supporting clock with a portico structure consisting of four sheathed columns and an entablature with a 'pagoda' roof of curious mixture of classicism and the imaginative splendors of the Great Katai. At the base, adorned with draped aprons, are four monopod lions. On the ridge, however, a pegasus among the nimbuses. Semi-smooth white enamel dial with Roman numerals for hours, Arabic numerals in 5 o'clock for minutes, gilt bronze chisel-finished hands, pendulum movement with wire suspension, hour and half-hour chime on bell, cast, gilt and chiseled pendulum lens. H. 49 cm, W. 26 cm, D. 16 cm. A RARE GILT BRONZE PENDULUM CLOCK OF SINIZING STYLE, FRANCE 1790 CA See volume: Measuring Time, Clocks of the Past in Private Collections, Banca popolare dell'Emilia Romagna, page 182