Lot no. 157
AFTER A MODEL BY Jean-Charles DELAFOSSE (1734-1789)
Louis XVI period gilt and chased bronze wall clock with Greek decoration of urn, ram's heads, lion's head, Greek fins, drops and fleurons. Enamelled dial and movement signed G. GARBET in Paris (movement modified).
H. 80 cm.
(Oxidation and gaps in the gilding, rear cover missing).
Bibliography: A very similar model is reproduced in Pierre KJELLBERG's Encyclopédie de la pendule française (Éditions de l'Amateur) on p. 191 figure B.
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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