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201 - EMPIRE-PERIOD "PENDULE AUX ARTS" in gilded bronze, decorated with a putto holding an architectural drawing; the dial is in chiseled gilded bronze, signed FIELDSHELD (??) with a white enamel bezel featuring Roman numerals for the hours and a railway-track minute scale, and a double bronze bezel with a vine-leaf frieze
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€1,000 - 1,500Sale fees
EMPIRE-PERIOD "PENDULE AUX ARTS" in gilded bronze, decorated with a putto holding an architectural drawing; the dial is in chiseled gilded bronze, signed FIELDSHELD (??) with a white enamel bezel featuring Roman numerals for the hours and a railway-track minute scale, and a double bronze bezel with a vine-leaf frieze Suspension movement complete with its gong and key, in apparent working condition (not guaranteed) The base is adorned with a bas-relief of two putti representing the Allegory of Sculpture and Painting The pedestal features waterleaf molding on four guilloché-patterned feet 32 x 33.5 x 13 cm (gilding in very fine condition) Provenance | Collection of Henri Dupuy de Lôme for his estate in the Var, then passed down through the family Biography | Stanislas Henri Laurent Dupuy de Lôme Engineer in the French Navy (Ploemeur 1816–Paris 1885). He built the first steamship, the Napoléon (1850), and the first armored frigate, the Gloire (1858), which served as a model for the navy of the Second Empire. Member of the Council of State and deputy for Morbihan. In 1870, he managed to get sixty airships out of besieged Paris. He had been a member of the Academy of Sciences since 1866.
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Pichon & Noudel-Deniau (Azur Enchères) +33 4 93 39 01 35 contact@auctioncannes.comDelivery is optional. You can use the carrier of your choice. The stated price does not include the lot price or the auction house fees.