GENTILHOMME, PARIS. EARLY 19TH CENTURY

细节

A French ormolu striking mantel clock
Gentilhomme, Paris. Early 19th Century
Cupid with enamel eyes and standing on a matted and patinated platform, the white enamel Roman dial signed Mme Gentilhomme/Palais Royal à Paris, with later bezel, the eight day twin barrel movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike on bell
46 cm. high

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拍品专文

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: Pierre Kjellberg, L'Encyclopedie de la Pendule Française, Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1997, p.447, fig.D.
A clock of closely related design, with patinated bronze cherub, was sold these rooms 30 March 2004, lot 327.
Abrahame Gentilhomme is recorded at the Galerie de Pierre in 1810. See also lot 552.