Fine European Furniture, Decorations and Fine Art
Thu, Apr 21, 2022 11:00AM EDT
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$500 | $100 |
$3,000 | $250 |
$5,000 | $500 |
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$30,000 | $2,500 |
$100,000 | $5,000 |
Signed on the works in script Agéron Paris. The eyes fitted with rubies and the clock drum probably with paste.
12 1/2 x 7 x 3 3/4 in.
Note: Similar lion-formed mantle clocks are illustrated in Pierre Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de La Pendule Francaise du Moyen Age au XXe siècle, pg. 278-279, plates C-F. Animal form mantle clocks made during the Louis XVI period are rare and are generally executed with fine precision.