IMPORTANTE PENDULE BORNE EMPIRE DU DEBUT DU 19EME SIECLE EN BRONZE PATINE ET BRONZE DORE ORNE D'UNE FEMME DRAPEE A L'ANTIQUE PORTANT UNE COURONNE DE LAURIER, BASE EN MARBRE GRIOTTE AN IMPRESSIVE early 19th century FRENCH EMPIRE GILT AND PATINATED...

The makers signature has been rubbed away

The makers signature has been rubbed away
The large case depicting an Allegory of Study
with a large female figure in Classical garb holding a book in one hand and leaning her elbow on the clock case decorated with a lyre motif and an urn flanked by two swans, on a rectangular girottte marble base with a panel of encircled foliate rings, and decorated border on lion's paw winged feet, the 10 cm Roman dial set within a floral bezel with trefoil hands, the twin barrel movement with anchor escapement and silk suspension with outside countwheel striking the hours and half hours on a bell. Currently running and striking. Together with a silk suspension pendulum and winding key. 90cms high

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