Lot n° 144
Estimation :
1500 - 2500
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 1 950EUR
Carved and gilded bronze wall-mounted cartel. It is topped b - Lot 144
Carved and gilded bronze wall-mounted cartel. It is topped by a fire pot, flanked by a ribbon, and features an important neoclassical décor of women's masks, laurel garlands, acanthus and pine cones. The dial is signed Sotiau A PARIS - SOTIAU Nicolas. Master in 1782 - Watchmaker to the Dauphin.
Paris. Louis XVI period
H_72 cm
Comparative bibliography: A similar cartel is presented in the "Encyclopédie de la pendule Française du Moyen Age au XX siècle. Pierre Kjellberg. Les éditions de l'amateur, 1997, page 194.
Another model is in the collections of the Musée Missim de Camando, Paris.
Expert: Stephane Pepe
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