LOT 277 EMPIRE ERA \"AFRICAN NANNY\" PENDULUM CLOCK \nIn chas…
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EMPIRE-ERA "AFRICAN NANNY" PENDULUM CLOCK
In chased, patinated and gilded bronze, the dial inscribed in a sugar cane bundle supported by a Nubian woman carrying her child in a basket suspended at her neck, resting on an oblong base finished with flattened ball feet
H. : 39.5 cm (15 ½ in.)
l. Width: 24.5 cm (9 ½ in.)
Provenance :
Sale at Enghien, Mes Champin and Lombrail, December 6, 1981, lot 40.
Comparative bibliography :
P. Kjellberg, "Encyclopedia of the French Clock of the Middle Ages
au XXe siècle", Éditions de l'Amateur, p.345, fig. F.
H.Ottomeyer, P.Pröschel, et al. "Vergoldete Bronzen", Munich, 1986, p.381, fig.5.15.27.
An Empire gilt and patinated bronze mantel clock
A drawing of this model signed by Croutelle aîné and dated 1807 is kept at the National Library. Among the known copies are the following:
- Sotheby's Monaco sale on 25 and 26 October 1981, lot 102, illustrated in H.Ottomeyer, P.Pröschel et al. Vergoldete Bronzen, 1986, vol. 1, p.380, fig. 5.15.27.
- Christie's London sale 23 June 1988, lot 121.
- Christie's London Sale, 22 September 2011, lot 15.
A clock of this model is kept at the François Duisberg Museum in Mons.
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