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"LORD BYRON IN SPAIN" CLOCK in gilded and blackened bronze, …
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231
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"LORD BYRON IN SPAIN" CLOCK in gilded and blackened bronze, …
See original version (French)
Estimate €800 - €1,200
Voluntary lot
Description
"LORD BYRON IN SPAIN"
CLOCK
in gilded and blackened bronze, depicting the poet seated on a naturalistic base alongside a fragment of classical architecture inscribed with the title of the narrative poem "Childe Harold", clad in a cloak and wearing a wide-brimmed hat with feathers, holding a stylus, his gaze fixed on the horizon. Classical base decorated with acanthus leaves. Silver-plated bronze dial with black Roman numerals.
(Two feathers detached from the hat).
France, c. 1840.
A BRONZE CLOCK, "LORD BYRON IN SPAIN", FRANCE, CA. 1840.
H. 47 CM (18 1/2 IN.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
For a similar clock, see Stéphan Adler’s book, Les Heures du Philhellénisme, Les pendules philhelléniques françaises, Éditions Olkos, Athens, 2018, No. 126, p. 263.
See original version (French)
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About the sale
ORIENTALISM, ISLAMIC ART & PHILHELLENISM
Auction location
Auction time
06/22/2026 at 2:00 PM
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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