Auction: Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Preview: 10 to 13 November 2023
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LOT 3:
Allier
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Sold for: €4,800
Start price:
€
1,200
Estimated price :
€1,500 - €2,000
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Allier: GILT BRONZE PENDULE "LA LEÇON D'ASTRONOMIE"
GILT BRONZE PENDULE "LA LEÇON D'ASTRONOMIE".
Allier. Paris
Date: Ca. 1820.
Maker/Designer: Model André Reiche, 1807.
Technique: Bronze gilded.
Description: On four stylus-like feet lengthwise rectangular base with globe, telescope and other
measuring instruments two young ladies talking at a table with star chart and astrolabe.
The table is the rectangular clock case. Enamel dial with Arabic numberals and minutes.
14-days-pendulum movement with thread suspension, half-hour chime on bell.
Measurement: 37x38x12cm.
Mark: On dial inscr. "Allier" (Allier Paris, 1789-1840, Tardy p. 5).
Provenance:
Private collection Cologne.
Literature:
Ottomeyer, Hans & Pröschel, Peter: Vergoldete Bronzen, vol.1, Munich 1986. The model drawing and the execution of the model see p.374f., no.5.15.1 and no.5.15.2.
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