LOT 82 A FRENCH DIRECTOIRE STYLE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE FIGURA...
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A FRENCH DIRECTOIRE STYLE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL 'AU BON SAUVAGE' MANTEL TIMEPIECEUNSIGNED, 20th CENTURY, THE CASE INCORPORATING ELEMENTS POSSIBLY ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIREIncorporating a nickel finish 'Grade 8' eight-day seven-jewel timepiece movement by WALTHAM WATCH CO. with lever escapement regulated by sprung bimetallic balance, the backplate signed, engraved 8 DAYS and numbered 27916995, the 4 inch convex white enamel Roman numeral dial with Arabic five minutes beyond the minute track and fine scroll-pierced and engraved gilt brass hands, with engine-milled gilt surround set into a gilt drum fitted with hinged door to rear, supported via naturalistically cast rails onto the shoulders of two standing patinated bronze figures, each in striding pose, wearing tobacco leaf skirts and stood bare-foot on a break-arch ended naturalistically cast gilt panel applied to a conforming patinated bronze plate, the whole resting on a verde antico marble block plinth.19cm (11.5ins) high, 36cm (14.25ins) wide, 11cm (4.25ins) deep.Provenance: The Kingshott Collection.The castings for the figures, rustic poles and baseplate can be directly compared to those on a clock by Pierre-Philippe Thomire entitled Paul and Virginie illustrated in Niehuser, Elke FRENCH BRONZE CLOCKS on page 151.
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