An "American-style" clock adorned with a... - Lot 147 - Beaussant Lefèvre & Associés

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An "American-style" clock adorned with a... - Lot 147 - Beaussant Lefèvre & Associés
An "American-style" clock adorned with a patinated bronze Indian huntress sitting on a crocodile movement with a palm tree. Enamelled eyes. Golden base decorated with applied garlands. Six feet top. Annular enamel dial with 30-day calendar, signed Isabel in Rouen. Wire suspension. Around 1800. Height: 48 cm - Width: 36 cm Bibliography: La Hordule au "Nègre", Musée de l'Hôtel Sandelin, Saint-Omer, 29 April - 12 June 1978, n° 18. It is interesting to note that there are 30 calendars for the month, according to the revolutionary calendar in force from 1793 to 1806. The original drawing, kept at the Bibliothèque Nationale, Prints and Drawings Department, entitled "America", is dated 3 rainfall in Year VII by the Parisian engraver Jean-Simon Deverberie (1764-1824). His studio was located on rue Barbette from 1800, rue du Temple in 1804, and finally rue des Fossés du Temple between 1812 and 1820
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