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An Empire ormolu and patinated bronze 'Le Matelot' mantel clock by P. Strengberg (active 1802-1831).
Hammer price
42 000SEK
Estimate
50 000 - 75 000 SEK

The model by Jean-Simon Deverberie. Modelled as a seaman leaning against a bale of cotton containing the movement surrounded by symbols of commerce. The square base with a bas-relief of putti loading and unloading a ship. On four barell feet. The white enamelled Roman dial marked "Strengberg". Length 30,5, width 9,5, height 36 cm. Pendulum and key included.

Literature

Drawing for the model "Le Matelot" found in Bibliotèque Nationale, Paris dated August 1808 (Cabinet des Estampes), Le 30 fol. Elke Niehüser, Die Französische Bronzeuhr, München 1997, compare similar mantle clock depicted p. 142; Ottomeyer/Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, München 1986, part I, compare similar mantle clock 5.15.26. picture p. 381.

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