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Lot 640 Dα

A Parisian Restoration period pendulum clock

Auction 1107 - overview Cologne
15.05.2018, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €
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A Parisian Restoration period pendulum clock

Ormolu clock with white enamel dial and gilt hands. 14-day running with thread suspension and half-hourly strike on a bell. Table clock with a figure of a Classical beauty with a dove and a dog. Signed to the dial: "Ledure Bronzier à Paris" and "Hemon Hr.". H 38.5, W 30 cm.
Clock made by Claude Hemon, the bronzes by Pierre-Victor Ledure, ca. 1820.

Literature

For more information on Ledure, cf.: Ledoux-Lebard, Bronziers des Empire, in: Ottomeyer/Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, vol. III, Munich 1986, p. 686 ff.