A Parisian ormolu "pendule romantique" pendulum table clock. - image-1

Lot 532 Dα

A Parisian ormolu "pendule romantique" pendulum table clock.

Auction 1048 - overview Cologne
15.05.2015, 14:00 - Jewellery, Furniture, Objects of Vertu, Boxes, Portrait Miniatures
Estimate: 3.500 € - 4.500 €
Result: 4.340 € (incl. premium)

A Parisian ormolu "pendule romantique" pendulum table clock.

With half-hour striking to a bell. Formed as a treestump with a charming depiction of Cupid as a painter. Signed to the enamel dia "Maniere AParis". H 44,2 cm.
The movement made by Charles-Guillaume Manière fils, ca. 1810 - 15.

Literature

This clockmaker mentioned by Tardy. A further identical clock with a different movement in: Niehüser, Die französische Bronzeuhr, Munich 1997, illus. 289 f.