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250 - Gérard-Jean GALLE, 93 Rue de Richelieu
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Estimate €400 - €600
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Gérard-Jean GALLE, 93 Rue de Richelieu A patinated bronze clock depicting Psyche with butterfly wings against a background of Sienna yellow marble. The dial is set within a frame decorated with a basin whose shaft is entwined by a serpent against a background of laurel branches. It rests on a rectangular plinth adorned with a frieze of arches, laurel wreaths and flowers. Stands on four lion’s-paw feet. Mechanical movement with key winding (key present) and half-hour chime Restoration period – circa 1830–1840 Height: 55.5 cm – Width: 33 cm – Depth: 13.5 cm (a few tiny chips on the marble) Gérard-Jean Galle, eldest son of the famous bronze castor Claude Galle (1759–1815), took over the family business on Rue Vivienne, later moving to Rue Richelieu, upon his father’s death. In 1819, Gérard won a silver medal at the Industrial Exhibition. Galle supplied most of the torches, lamps and clocks for the fitting out of all the imperial palaces: Fontainebleau, Compiègne, Rambouillet, the two Trianons, Saint-Cloud, Meudon and the Italian palaces. Regarded as one of the finest in Paris, his workshop was frequented by an elite clientele. His clients included the Duke of Richelieu, the Marquis de Martel and the Viscount de la Rochefoucauld. Gérard-Jean GALLE, 93 Rue de Richelieu A patinated bronze clock depicting Psyche with butterfly wings against a background of Sienna yellow marble. The dial is set within a frame decorated with a basin whose shaft is entwined by a serpent against a background of laurel branches. It rests on a rectangular base adorned with a frieze of arches, laurel wreaths and flowers. It stands on four lion’s-paw feet. Mechanical movement with key winding (key present) and chime for the half-hours Restoration period – circa 1830–1840 Height: 55.5 cm – Width: 33 cm – Depth: 13.5 cm (a few tiny chips on the marble) Gérard-Jean Galle, eldest son of the famous bronze artist Claude Galle (1759–1815), took over the family business on Rue Vivienne, later moving to Rue Richelieu, upon his father’s death. In 1819, Gérard won a silver medal at the Industrial Exhibition. Galle supplied most of the torches, lamps and clocks for the fitting out of all the imperial palaces: Fontainebleau, Compiègne, Rambouillet, the two Trianons, Saint-Cloud, Meudon and the Italian palaces. Regarded as one of the finest in Paris, his shop was frequented by an elite clientele. His clientele included the Duke of Richelieu, the Marquis de Martel and the Viscount de la Rochefoucauld.
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About the sale The Collection of Élisabeth MAURY (1948–2020) – Memories of a grand bourgeois residence in Chartres
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Auction time 10/10/2026 at 2:00 PM
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