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A clock featuring Athena’s chariot, with a skeleton movement…
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102
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A clock featuring Athena’s chariot, with a skeleton movement…
See original version (French)
Estimate €7,000 - €9,000
Voluntary lot
Description
A clock featuring Athena’s chariot, with a skeleton movement, crafted from chiselled bronze with a matt gilded and burnished finish, depicting Athena on her chariot alongside her shield bearing the Gorgon’s head, drawn by two horses. The quadrangular base is decorated with a bas-relief depicting the story of Athena, framed by trophies and accented by a frieze of palmettes, and rests on four flattened ball feet. The white enamelled ring dial with black Roman numerals, signed ‘Gaston Jolly Fils A Paris’, is set within the wheel of the chariot.
Empire period
Signs of wear
52 x 54 x 16 cm
Note:
François-Pierre Jolly, known as Gaston Jolly, was admitted as a master watchmaker on 6 May 1784. A member of a prominent dynasty of watchmakers, he used cases made by Galle and Osmond.
Expert: Cédric Henon
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