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A FRENCH GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE MANTLE CLOCK
Lot 61THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

A FRENCH GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE MANTLE CLOCK

OF LOUIS XV STYLE, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Fermé1 June 2020

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A FRENCH GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE MANTLE CLOCK
OF LOUIS XV STYLE, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The patinated bronze bull on a naturalistically cast base flanked by Classical maidens and supporting a circular clock encircled by floral garlands and surmounted by a seated robed female figure, stamped once 'M', the circular enamel dial signed ‘BRINDEAU/ A PARIS’, the twin barrel movement with strike on bell, the movement marked 'J.E.D' and numbered '10548 26-6', the bell marked with monogram 'EB'
28 in. (71 cm.) high; 22 ½ in. (57 cm.) wide

Note du spécialiste

This clock is a 19th century replica dating to the Napoléon III period of a celebrated Louis XV model originating from the Château de Saint-Cloud and the Tuileries, which is today exhibited at the Musée de Louvre, Paris (OA5168), and illustrated in H. Ottomeyer, P. Proschel, et. al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 125, fig. 2.8.8.
Designed in the XV picturesque manner, this clock celebrates the Triumph of Love. Jupiter, the father of the gods, is represented as the loving abductor, who, seeing the nymph Europa gathering flowers by the shore, adopted the guise of a bull to carry her away to the consternation of her companions.

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