Description
Wall-mounted cartel "au lion de Némée", in ormolu, molded and chased, decorated with post friezes, Greek fillets, acanthus leaves, seeds, ram heads, fluting, pine cones and the lion's pelt and paw hanging around the dial. It is topped by an Antique-style urn. Enameled dial showing hours in Roman numerals, minutes in Arabic numerals. Louis XVI style. H. 80 cm; L. 40 cm Model based on a drawing by Jean-Charles Delafosse (1739-1784) Ref : Pierre Kjellberg, La Pendule Française du Moyen Age au XXe siècle, Paris 1997 (page 191)
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Wall-mounted cartel "au lion de Némée", in ormolu, molded and chased, decorated with post friezes, Greek fillets, acanthus leaves, seeds, ram heads, fluting, pine cones and the lion's pelt and paw hanging around the dial. It is topped by an Antique-style urn. Enameled dial showing hours in Roman numerals, minutes in Arabic numerals. Louis XVI style. H. 80 cm; L. 40 cm Model based on a drawing by Jean-Charles Delafosse (1739-1784) Ref : Pierre Kjellberg, La Pendule Française du Moyen Age au XXe siècle, Paris 1997 (page 191)
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