Depicting The Abduction of Europa, the case of Rococo foliate scrollwork on an elaborate c-scroll base
30 in. (77 cm.) high; 22¹⁄₂ in. (57 cm.) wide; 14 in. (36 cm.) deep

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The figural composition of this clock is based on the work of the sculptor Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain (b. 1719), whose clock cases were highly prized by collectors in both the 18th and 19th centuries. An example of the related model signed by Saint-Germain and originating from the Château de Saint-Cloud and the Tuileries, is exhibited at the Musée de Louvre, Paris (OA5168), and illustrated in H. Ottomeyer, P. Proschel, et. al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 125, fig. 2.8.8. A simplified version of the same model, similar to the present, signed likewise is illustrated P. Kjellberg, Encyclopedie de la pendule Francaise du Moyen Age au XXe siecle, Paris, 1997, p. 134. fig. c

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