A French Empire patinated, chased and gilt-bronze and yellow marble ‘Napoleonide’ clock, first quarter of the 19th century, the bust by Jacques-Edmé Dumon
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
with a Sienna marble base, the sides applied with the coat-of-arms of Marie-Louise of Austria, the bust signed and dated DUMONT SCULP 1810 inscribed on the reverse ELISA/GRANDE DUCHESSE DE TOSCANE/ PRINCESSE DE LUCQUES, the enamelled dial signed "Le Roy h. de SAI et Rle Madame Mère de l'Empereur", Roman numerals and calendar, two blued steel Breguet hands, one gilt brass hand for the calendar indications, the inner dial signed "Le Roy à Paris", under the removable bronze bust above it, an auxiliary dial for setting the striking mechanism for night or day, calendar indications
Haut. 59 cm, larg. 20 cm ; Height 23 1/4 in, width 8 in
Very probably a gift from Elisa Baciocchi, Grand Duchess of Tuscany to Empress Marie-Louise for her marriage to Napoleon I in 1810;
Richard Redding antiques.
Related literature
M.-F. Dupuy-Baylet, Pendules du Mobilier National 1800-1870, Dijon, 2006, p. 140
G. Hubert, G. Ledoux-Lebard, Napoléon : Portraits contemporains, bustes et statues, Paris, 1999, pp. 78-79
P. Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la Pendule Française du Moyen Age au XXe Siècle, Paris, 1997, p. 414, pl. C
S. Hoog, Les Sculptures. I, Le Musée, Paris, 1993, p. 352, fig. 1644