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An Empire ormolu mantel clock 'La fontaine de l'Amour', early 19th century.
Hammer price
48 000SEK
Estimate
20 000 - 25 000 SEK

The rectangular plinth with an arched centre with ornaments in relief, modelled after Amor's wellspring. The white enamel dial signed "Vaillant à Paris" (Louis-Jacques Vaillant, maître-horloger 1787, active until circa 1817). Length 38, depth 21, height 46 cm.

Literature

See: Niehüser, "Die Französiche Bronzeuhr", cat. no. 595, p. 227; and Dupuy-Baylet, "Pendules du Mobilier national 1800-1870", p. 43. Compare also an identical mantel clock in the collections of Mobilier national: GML-7280-000.

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