86. Rare Amerindian hunter clock in chased and gilded bronze and brown patina bronze depicting a feathered savage holding his bow and holding his bow, seated on a chariot drawn by a fantastic creature. The doucine base is turned in appliqué with a scene of children hunting among palm trees. Flattened ball feet. White enameled dial with Roman numerals and wire movement. Consulate period. With a pendulum and two keys, some gold wear. H : 51.5 cm - W : 38.5 cm - D : 13 cm Rare examples of this model include a clock in the Musée in the Musée du Nouveau Monde in La Rochelle, a second reproduced in G. et A. Wannenes, Les plus belles pendules françaises, de Louis XIV à l'Empire, Florence, 2013, p.315, as well as one in the Musée François Duesberg in Mons (published in Musée François Duesberg, Arts décoratifs 1775-1825, Brussels, 2004, p.59).
Result
€18,000
Buyer's premium
30%
86. Rare Amerindian hunter clock in chased and gilded bronze
and brown patina bronze depicting a feathered savage holding his bow
and holding his bow, seated on a chariot drawn by a fantastic creature.
The doucine base is turned in appliqué with a scene of children hunting
among palm trees. Flattened ball feet. White enameled dial with
Roman numerals and wire movement.
Consulate period.
With a pendulum and two keys, some gold wear.
H : 51.5 cm - W : 38.5 cm - D : 13 cm
Rare examples of this model include a clock in the Musée
in the Musée du Nouveau Monde in La Rochelle, a second reproduced in G.
et A. Wannenes, Les plus belles pendules françaises, de Louis XIV à l'Empire, Florence,
2013, p.315, as well as one in the Musée François Duesberg in Mons
(published in Musée François Duesberg, Arts décoratifs 1775-1825, Brussels, 2004, p.59).
Sale
Tuesday 12 March・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
Salle 2 - Hôtel Drouot
9, rue Drouot
75009 Paris