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Lot 1278 - A190 Decorative Arts - Thursday, 26. September 2019, 10.00 AM

BISCUIT PORCELAIN MANTEL CLOCK "LE TEMPS QUI PASSE",

France or Russia, end of the 18th century.
Biscuit porcelain and bronze. White enamel dial, gilt bezel. Parisian movement, striking the 1/2-hour on bell. On a later wooden plinth, the edge set with lapis lazuli. Fire cracks, the marble top, later. Originally, probably featuring a vase. Foot repaired. Movement, may require servicing.
32x20x53 cm.


A very similar marble clock with a movement by Ferdinand Berthoud can be found in the Pavlovsk Palace near St. Petersburg.
Pierre Kjellberg. Encyclopédie de la Pendule française du Moyen Age au XXe siècle. Paris 1997. p. 295, Fig. C.


CHF 3 000 / 5 000 | (€ 3 090 / 5 150)

Sold for CHF 3 250 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.