CARTEL CLOCK. BRONZE. FRANCE, 19TH CENTURY.
Antiques - Miscellaneus / Clocks
Reference: ZF1411
“Poster” wall clock. Gilt bronze. France, 19th century. Gilt bronze wall clock of the type known as a "cartel" due to its shape, featuring Parisian movement and a white dial with Roman numerals for the hours and Arabic numerals every five minutes. Surrounding a body with openwork panels, it features a garland decoration based on ribbons and architectural and plant elements in a distinctly classicist style, an influence also evident in the vase-shaped upper finial and the lower mask placed on a plant motif. This is a fairly popular model within the French school, as similar boxes are known in private collections dating from the last third of the 18th century. The shape of the top vase and the front garlands vary mainly in later known examples (made both in the first half of the 19th century and during the time of Napoleon III). Weight: 9 kg.
· Size: 30x10x66 cms
1.800 €
