AN EMPIRE ORMOLU AND VERDE ANTICO MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK
Lot 246

AN EMPIRE ORMOLU AND VERDE ANTICO MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK

JACQUIN, PARIS, CIRCA 1810

Closed1 May 2013

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GBP 8,125

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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU AND VERDE ANTICO MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK
JACQUIN, PARIS, CIRCA 1810
CASE: the case depicting 'The astronomy lesson', two seated women either side of an armillary sphere, the base with a globe, telescopes and cherubs DIAL: the white enamel dial with Roman numerals and Arabic quarter marks, signed Jacquin, Rue Montmartre No. 141 à Paris, Breguet-style hands MOVEMENT: twin barrel movement, silk suspension, count wheel strike to bell
15½ in. (39.5 cm.) high; 15½ in. (39.5 cm.) wide; 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) deep

Specialist note

A similar example is illustrated in Kjellberg, P., Encylopédie de la Pendule Française du Moyen Age au XXe siècle, P. 398