Lot n° 214
Estimation :
10000 - 15000
EUR
Chased, gilded and patinated bronze "L'Amérique" clock featu - Lot 214
Chased, gilded and patinated bronze "L'Amérique" clock featuring a Native American huntress seated next to a palm tree, her feet on an alligator. The circular white-enameled dial shows hours and quarters in Arabic numerals. The whole rests on an oval base with a recessed stave, decorated with leafy garlands held in place by snakes and surrounded by a string of pearls, finished with six feet, four of which are in the shape of a reclining lion. With stamp.
Early 19th century.
48 x 41 x 16.5 cm.
(minor accidents and missing parts, notably to the palm branches, bowstring to be reattached, missing key and pendulum).
Note: Clock based on a drawing by Jean-Simon DEVERBERIE (1764-1824) deposited in 1799 and preserved in the Cabinet des Estampes of the Bibliothèque Nationale. Model reproduced on page 353 of Pierre KJELLBERG's Encyclopédie de la Pendule Française, published by Éditions de l'Amateur.
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