€ 18500 $ 21096 £ 15918 ¥ 3324450 DKK 138297 CHF 17473 NOK 200540 CA$ 29835 HK$ 165473
A rare French ‘Directoire’ marble and ormolu mounted ‘au bon Sauvage’ mantel clock, circa 1800
Ships from The Netherlands
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Toebosch Antiques
- Name
- A rare French ‘Directoire’ marble and ormolu mounted ‘au bon Sauvage’ mantel clock, circa 1800
- Measurements
- Height: 31 cm, Width: 27 cm, Depth: 13 cm
- Reference
- TOEA100281
- Techniques
- Engraved, High Relief, Turned
- Colors
- Gold, Brown, White, Black
- Categories
- Decorative Arts Clocks Au Bon Sauvage Clocks
- Periods
- 18th Century Antique ‘Directoire’
10-cm enamel dial with Roman numerals signed à Paris and engraved gilt bronze hands, 8-day spring driven movement with anchor escapement and silk suspended pendulum, countwheel half hour striking on a bell, white marble case with fine ormolu mounts surmounted by a urn with flowers, flanked by two 'bon sauvages' on griotte rouge bases probably symbolising trade, stepped plinth with high relief raised on turned feet.