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L'AMOUR FIDÈLE CLOCK, EMPIRE PERIOD
in gilt bronze, standing…
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191
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L'AMOUR FIDÈLE CLOCK, EMPIRE PERIOD
in gilt bronze, standing…
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,000 - €2,000
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Description
L'AMOUR FIDÈLE CLOCK, EMPIRE PERIOD
in gilt bronze, standing on curved feet; rectangular base with foliage moulding, decorated with a Venus with mirror in a boat; the body, curved at the top, features a winged genie with two dogs on the front and a flaming torch in a knotted laurel wreath on the sides. It holds a circular dial in white enamel with baton hour-markers and Roman numerals, signed Galle/Rue Vivienne in Paris, flanked by an openwork frieze of palms and foliage.
(Some very small scratches, wear restorations, back bezel missing).
AN EMPIRE PERIOD CLOCK "FAITHFUL LOVE
35 x 18 x 11 CM - 13,8 x 7,1 x 4,3 IN.
Claude Galle (1759-1815), one of the most talented Parisian bronzemakers and foundrymen of the late Louis XVI and Empire periods, became a master foundryman in 1786. In 1788, he took over the family workshop and expanded its activities, employing almost 400 craftsmen. He worked for the royal furniture repository and collaborated with the best craftsmen such as Pierre-Philippe Thomire. He supplied most of the bronze furnishings for the Château de Fontainebleau during the Empire and received numerous imperial orders for lights, clock boxes and vases for the palaces of Saint-Cloud, the Trianons, the Tuileries, Compiègne and Rambouillet.
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