Rare et importante Pendule d’époque Louis XVI.
Rare et importante Pendule d’époque Louis XVI.
On the dial, signed by Chevrau in Paris (received Master in 1776, active rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine), an allegory of maritime trade represented by a ship, loaded with merchandise, on which the "Fortune" represented by a young woman with winged feet, standing at the mast, presents a scroll bearing the inscription "I sail at the mercy of fortune and protected by the god Neptune. To her left a sailor, at her feet a putto grasping a rope. Chiseled bronze and gilded with mercury. Dimensions : 44 x 35 x 17 cm. With key and pendulum. On a moulded marble base. Dimensions : 58 x 45 x 23 cm. Litt. There are some variations of this clock, see Christie's, 25 June 2008 - lot 345. P. Kjellberg "The French Clock" - reproduced on page 270. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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Rare et importante Pendule d’époque Louis XVI.
On the dial, signed by Chevrau in Paris (received Master in 1776, active rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine), an allegory of maritime trade represented by a ship, loaded with merchandise, on which the "Fortune" represented by a young woman with winged feet, standing at the mast, presents a scroll bearing the inscription "I sail at the mercy of fortune and protected by the god Neptune. To her left a sailor, at her feet a putto grasping a rope. Chiseled bronze and gilded with mercury. Dimensions : 44 x 35 x 17 cm. With key and pendulum. On a moulded marble base. Dimensions : 58 x 45 x 23 cm. Litt. There are some variations of this clock, see Christie's, 25 June 2008 - lot 345. P. Kjellberg "The French Clock" - reproduced on page 270. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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