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BEAUTIFUL Louis XVI-period PORCH CLOCK in white marble and g…
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BEAUTIFUL Louis XVI-period PORCH CLOCK in white marble and g…
See original version (French)
Estimate €800 - €1,200
Voluntary lot
Description
BEAUTIFUL Louis XVI-period PORCH CLOCK in white marble and gilded bronze, decorated with beaded mouldings, rosettes, wreaths of flowers, flaming torches and cornucopias
The white enamel dial, signed ‘BICHON’ in Moulina (Moulins), features Arabic numerals for the hours and dotted markings for the minutes, set against a background of floral drapery and trimmings
Suspension movement complete with its gong and sun-shaped pendulum, appearing to be in working order (not guaranteed)
The shock absorber is decorated with an antique floral vase; the base is adorned with two bas-reliefs depicting vine foliage, resting on six spindle-shaped feet
52 x 34 x 9 cm
(the dial glass is missing)
Provenance | Collection of Henri Dupuy de Lôme for his estate in the Var, then passed down through the family
Biography |
Stanislas Henri Laurent Dupuy de Lôme
Engineer in the French Navy (Ploemeur 1816–Paris 1885).
He built the first steamship, the Napoléon (1850), and the first armoured frigate, the Gloire (1858), which served as a model for the navy of the Second Empire. Member of the Council of State and Member of Parliament for Morbihan. In 1870, he succeeded in getting sixty airships out of besieged Paris. He had been a member of the Academy of Sciences since 1866.
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