拍品 35
35
A RESTAURATION ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK

细节
A RESTAURATION ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK
SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

In the form of a classical oil lamp being lit by a maiden, the nozzle en flambeau, the white enamel dial with roman and arabic chapters, pierced gilt hands, the twin barrel movement with hour strike (now lacking bell, countwheel, and hammer) on gadrooned base and oval platform with turned feet-16in. (41cm.) high, 11in. (28cm.) wide, 4½in. (12cm.) diameter

拍品专文

The design of a maiden replenishing a flaming lamp from her ewer derives from a design by Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine in their Receuil de Décoration Interieurs, 1812, pl. XVIII. A similar Scandinavian clock was sold in these Rooms, 29 September 1994, lot 100.