Details
En bronze ciselé et doré et bronze patiné, le cadran émaillé avec une signature apocryphe FORTIN / A PARIS contenu dans une caisse ornée de fleurs et reposant sur le dos d'un éléphant, sur une terrasse naturaliste et une base scandée de pilastes cannelés
H. 58 cm. (23 in.) ; L. 34 cm. (1313 in.) ; P. 23 cm. (9 in.)
Provenance
Collection of Mrs Charles Munn, Christie's, New York, 18 May 1989, lot 121 ;
Vente Christie’s, New York, 7 juin 2013, lot 386.

Literature
Bibliographie comparative :
Tardy, French Clocks. The World over. Part Two. From Louis XVI style to Louis XVIII-Charles X Period, Paris, 1981, p. 16.
P. Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la pendule française, Editions de l’amateur, p.476.
FURTHER DETAILS
A LATE LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE CLOCK, MID-19TH CENTURY
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