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1280
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Gilt bronze terminal clock with the figure of Hercules strik…
See original version (French)
1280
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Gilt bronze terminal clock with the figure of Hercules strik…
See original version (French)
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Gilt bronze terminal clock with the figure of Hercules striking down the Nemean lion, the eyes enamelled, on a high architectural base decorated with vermiculated stones, thyrses, eagle talons and clubs.
The dial is signed Boulu Elève de Lépine, Horloger to the Empress in Paris, Bréguet hands.
Empire period
Oxidation, missing balance wheel and key.
Height 48, width 38 cm
Bibliography: Kjellberg, la pendule française, Paris, 1997. p. 406: an identical model is mentioned as being signed by the great bronze-smith Jean-Simon Deverberie (1764 - 1824).
See original version (French)
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