Chased and gilded bronze clock called "à l'aigle de Jupiter" - Lot 152

Lot n° 152
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1200 - 1500 EUR
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Result : 6 944EUR
Chased and gilded bronze clock called "à l'aigle de Jupiter" - Lot 152
Chased and gilded bronze clock called "à l'aigle de Jupiter", by Le Roi, Watchmaker of H.S.H. Monseigneur Le Duc de Bourbon. The upper part decorated with winged thunderbolts in clouds, the circular movement supported by the spread wings of an eagle supported on a trapezoidal base with a main decoration in bas-relief of a scene depicting the Abduction of Europa. The white enamelled dial with black hours in Roman numerals and the inscription "à Paris". The sides are decorated with winged griffins and masks of characters in a diamond shape supported by dolphins. The base is decorated with a frieze of palmettes. With stamp, key and balance. Movement numbered 377. Empire period. 42,5 x 24 x 12 cm. (the back glass is missing). Note: although neither the movement nor the dial of this clock are signed, we are in possession of an invoice from the clockmaker Le Roi, at the Palais Royal, issued on July 27, 1814 in the name of Mr. Defienne, describing our clock and specifying in the margin its number 377 corresponding to the one engraved behind the movement and on the balance. According to oral tradition, this clock comes from the property of Prince Napoleon (1822-1891) in Prangins, Switzerland.
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