A Parisian ormolu pendulum clock with a portrait of Napoleon - image-1

Lot 420 Dα

A Parisian ormolu pendulum clock with a portrait of Napoleon

Auction 1220 - overview Cologne
17.05.2023, 14:00 - Furniture Decorative Arts
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 2.520 € (incl. premium)

A Parisian ormolu pendulum clock with a portrait of Napoleon

Fire-gilt and burnished bronze clock with white enamel dial, depicting Napoleon as Emperor. Former large pendulum clockwork replaced by a 14-day runner with spring suspension. Replaced dial, the minute hand repaired, the gold of the laurel wreath retouched, signs of cleaning. H 65, W 27.5, D 19 cm.
Around 1810 - 13.

This bust of Napoleon was also produced by Pierre-Philippe Thomire.

Literature

Cf. Ottomeyer/Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen. Die Bronzearbeiten des Spätbarock und Klassizismus, vol. I, Munich 1986, fig. 5.5.16.