拍品专文
A clock of the same model by Collin, Palais Royal, is illustrated, P. Kjellberg, L'Encyclopédie de La Pendule Française, Paris, 1997, p. 403, plate D.
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CIRCA 1820
细节
A RESTAURATION ORMOLU STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK: 'BACCHANTE DANSANTE'
CIRCA 1820
CASE: modelled as a bacchante carrying a clock on a thyrsus, oval plinth with Bacchic attributes, the front with applied ribbon-tied floral swags, engine-turned feet DIAL: the gilt and painted Roman dial with engine-turned centre, blued steel Breguet hands MOVEMENT: twin barrels movement with anchor escapement and countwheel strike on bell; silk-suspended pendulum, winding key
The case: 15¾ in. (40 cm.) high; 8¾ in. (22½ cm.) wide
CIRCA 1820
CASE: modelled as a bacchante carrying a clock on a thyrsus, oval plinth with Bacchic attributes, the front with applied ribbon-tied floral swags, engine-turned feet DIAL: the gilt and painted Roman dial with engine-turned centre, blued steel Breguet hands MOVEMENT: twin barrels movement with anchor escapement and countwheel strike on bell; silk-suspended pendulum, winding key
The case: 15¾ in. (40 cm.) high; 8¾ in. (22½ cm.) wide