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Lot 844 Dα

A Parisian ormolu pendulum clock

Auction 1086 - overview Cologne
19.05.2017, 17:00 - Selected Works of Art
Estimate: 8.000 € - 10.000 €
Result: 7.440 € (incl. premium)
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A Parisian ormolu pendulum clock

Silver-plated enamel dial with blued hands. 14-day running, anchor escapement with spring suspension and half-hourly striking to a bell. A large figural pendulum clock formed as Cupid crowning Psyche on a stepped base with a relief of Venus disarming Cupid. The dial signed "PICNOT PERE A PARIS" (documented as of 1812). H 65, W 43, D 14 cm.
Picnot Père, 1st quarter 19th C., the bronzes after a model by Claude Michallon, Paris, ca. 1814.

Literature

Cf. Ottomeyer/Pröschel, Munich 1986, vol. I, no. 5.7.1. This model was cast by Ledure and Feuchère, cf.: Niehüser, Die französische Bronzeuhr, Munich 1997, no. 169. This clockmaker listed by Tardy, p. 521.