Description
Pendule au marin grec appuyé sur une ancre
France, Restoration period, 1815-1830 In gilt bronze, on a rectangular pedestal with foliate doucine. Scrolled, shell and palmette feet. H. 43.5 cm - W. 32 cm - D. 12 cm This subject commemorates Greek independence, the 1827 naval battle of Navarin lost by the Ottomans to the Franco-Russian-British fleet. An ormolu bronze mantel clock depicting the Greek sailor leaning on an anchor, Paris, 1815-1830.
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