AN EMPIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE 'PENDULE A CHAR'
SALMON, ARRAS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
CASE: Modelled as Ceres riding in an ox-drawn chariot, the elongated octagonal base applied to the sides with agricultural trophies, on toupie feet DIAL: white enamel chapter ring with pierced centre, signed 'Salmon à Arras' MOVEMENT: twin barrels with anchor escapement and countwheel strike on bell
16½ in. (41.8 cm.) high; 17½ in. (44.5 cm.) wide; 5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) wide
AN EMPIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE 'PENDULE A CHAR'
SALMON, ARRAS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
CASE: Modelled as Ceres riding in an ox-drawn chariot, the elongated octagonal base applied to the sides with agricultural trophies, on toupie feet DIAL: white enamel chapter ring with pierced centre, signed 'Salmon à Arras' MOVEMENT: twin barrels with anchor escapement and countwheel strike on bell
16½ in. (41.8 cm.) high; 17½ in. (44.5 cm.) wide; 5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) wide