Lot no. 122
Monumental portico clock in white marble and gilt bronze, the uprights in the form of women draped in the antique style supporting the movement embellished with a fringed drapery decorated with griffins, pans, etc.; the whole under a moulded entablature with friezes, adorned with a figure of Love activating the combustion of a fire pot with liquid from a ewer. The rectangular base, rounded at the ends, with a central projection, is adorned with a frieze of four putti and a goat, and two side navette vases with Egyptian heads in oval niches; on the central terrace a music trophy in the round. Attractive large skeleton dial showing the days, months, days of the week, hours, minutes and seconds; beautiful openwork hands; gadrooned feet. Late 18th - early 19th century H. 60 cm - W. 43.5 cm - D. 14 cm BL Sundial, stamp The entablature repaired in the centre, very minor chips to the terrace but superb gilding, the handle of the ewer is missing.
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Antique art and decorative objects
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09/24/2024
Offered by DE BAECQUE et Associés - Lyon
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