Lot n° 281
Estimation :
800 - 1200
EUR
Beautiful portico clock in white marble and chased and gilde - Lot 281
Beautiful portico clock in white marble and chased and gilded bronze.
Lictor beams model.
Cut-edge base with pearl frieze and stepped front.
Two lictor-beam uprights topped by an armillary sphere and a sphere.
The white enameled circular dial is signed "De Belle Rue St Honoré à Paris". Jean-François Debelle, master in 1781, rue Saint Honoré between 1787 and 1800.
The top is adorned with an antique-style vase.
Circa 1790.
H. 60 cm - W. 37 cm - D. 14 cm
(Functionality of the movement not guaranteed).
In Pierre Kjellberg's book, we find a similar clock on page 328, a "Revolutionary" portico clock.
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