WITHDRAWN

A FRENCH EMPIRE ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK

BY CLAUDE GALLE, C.1800-10

the brass eight day drum movement with an outside countwheel striking on a bell, the circular white enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic seconds, signed 'Galle, rue Vivenne a Paris', the case decorated with a classical maiden holding a wreath of flowers and leaves above three winged cupids in a reed basket, the base further decorated with swags and laurel leaves, with winding key and pendulum

44.6cm high, 28.5cm wide, 18.5cm deep

Provenance

Kenneth Neame: An Enduring Legacy.

Catalogue Note

Claude Galle was a renowned bronzier. He was born in 1758 and died in 1815. He first established a business at Rue du Four before moving to 69 Rue Vivenne. He supplied works to many French and Italian palaces.

see Hans Ottomeyer and Peter Proschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, p. 368, pl. 5.13.7 for a similar clock.

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