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CATHERINE VILLEMUR
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Chiselled, gilded bronze clock with a decoration of fluting,…
See original version (French)
252
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Chiselled, gilded bronze clock with a decoration of fluting,…
See original version (French)
Estimate €300 - €500
Voluntary lot
Description
Chiselled, gilded bronze clock with a decoration of fluting, foliage, scrollwork with foliage, and a frieze of water leaves; the case flanked by a young woman in the classical style mourning the death of her bird resting in her hand, whilst a Cupid offers her another, and surmounted by a water jug. The base is in white marble. The enamelled dial is signed ‘CRONIER’ in Paris
Louis XVI style, freely inspired by an inverted design attributed to François VION.
39.5 x 38 x 17 cm
(The dial glass is damaged; there are cracks in the dial)
Bibliography: an identical clock is reproduced in ‘Vergoldete Bronzen I’ by H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, 1986, page 250, ref. 4.6.20
Expert: Antoine LESCOP DE MOY
See original version (French)
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