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379 - A large clock depicting ‘Telemachus’s chariot’, crafted from…
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Estimate €7,000 - €10,000
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A large clock depicting ‘Telemachus’s chariot’, crafted from chiselled and gilded bronze. It depicts Telemachus on his chariot, drawn by two rearing horses, and Athena, the goddess of war, holding a shield bearing the head of Medusa in her left hand and a spear in her right. The front of the chariot is decorated with a roaring lion’s head. The rectangular base is adorned with laurel wreaths, a scene depicting Telemachus’s love affairs, and lictor’s fasces at the corners. The movement is set within the chariot’s wheel; the ring-shaped dial, in white enamel, is signed ‘Le Roy à Paris’ Empire period H. 45 – W. 50 – D. 12.5 cm (wear to the gilding) A similar model is reproduced on page 417 in *Encyclopédie de la Pendule Française du Moyen-Age au XXe siècle* by Pierre KJELLBERG, published by Les Éditions de l’Amateur, Several examples of this clock model are known, presumably made by a number of bronze casters, amongst whom Claude Galle deserves mention—his signature was found on a clock held in the Spanish royal collections— as well as André Reiche, who deposited the design with the Imperial Library in 1807; it is now held at the National Library. (Cabinet des Estampes, No. 30, fol. 43) The example at the Château de la Malmaison is believed to have been a gift from Bonaparte to Joséphine. Of the other examples, a large number are thought to have belonged to officers of the Empire. The clock’s mechanism underwent a standard service in February and March 2026 at the Horlogerie des Douze Heures workshop in Charleville-Mézières.
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Auction time 11/01/2026 at 9:30 AM
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