2,750 CHF
BAULLIER & GUYERDET - EMPIRE MANTEL CLOCK 'LA LECTURE' Baullier & Guyerdet à Paris, movement No. 3751. Made circa 1815. Fine and rare, Empire, gilt-bronze, 8-day going, hour and half-hour striking mantel clock. Rectangular clock housing in the form of a bookcase surmounted by a wreath and book finial, oval base with two seated children reading books, the sides with chased garland mounts, stepped base and circular feet, bezel chased with a repeated pattern. Annular white enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, engine- turned gilt center. Blued steel Breguet hands.. Circular plates, going barrels for both trains, anchor escapement, silk suspension, pendulum with gilt-brass bob, countwheel striking on a bell. Notes Dial signed. DIM. 43 x 28 x 18.5 cm. This clock, as the subject would suggest, would have been intended to be placed in a library. To be sold without reserve
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2014-05-11
