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555 - CLOCK WITH A PORTER
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€4,000 - 6,000Sale fees
CLOCK WITH A PORTER Made of chiseled, patinated, and gilded bronze, depicting a porter carrying a bale of hay on his back—which houses the clock mechanism—resting on an oblong base adorned with a monkey and palm trees, and ending in flattened ball feet Directoire period. Height: 37 cm (Signs of wear, missing parts) Bibliography. . P. Kjellberg, *Encyclopédie de la Pendule Française du Moyen Age au XXe siècle*, Éditions de l’Amateur, p. 343, fig. D. . G. Wannenes, The Finest French Clocks from Louis XV to the Empire, Edizioni Polistampa, p. 312. . Tardy, The French Clock from Louis XVI to the Present Day, vol. II, p. 358, fig. 1.
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The Great CenturiesAuction house
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