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A RESTAURATION ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE SUNFLOWER TIMEPIECE
Lot 317THE PROPERTY OF J.E. DE VISSER, HOORN (LOTS 218-343)

A RESTAURATION ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE SUNFLOWER TIMEPIECE

FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Fermé25 June 2008

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A RESTAURATION ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE SUNFLOWER TIMEPIECE
FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The naturalistically cast sunflower with a detachable bezel inset with a watch movement (unsigned) with white enamel dial and ormolu hands above a stem with a coiled serpent, the cast base surrounded by a pierced rim, possibly originally with an ormolu encrier base, now lacking
27 cm. high

Note du spécialiste

Cast in the naturalistic fashion, this timepiece is well executed to front and reverse. A virtual identical sunflower timepiece (with its original encrier base) is depicted on a watercolour illustrated in C. Plante and R. Garnier, Designs for gilt bronze objects from the French restoration 1814-1830, London 2002, p. 68, plate 52.
Clocks of closely related designs have been succesfully sold Christie's, London, sale 7412, 5 June 2007, lot 1; Christie's New York, sale 8668, lots 505 and 509; Christie's New York, The Collection of Countess Donina Cicogna-Mozzoni, 30 March 1995, lot 95 and Christie's House sale The collection of Mrs. Robert Tritton, Godmersham Park, 6-9 June 1983, lot 283.

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