A rare Directoire decimal marble mantelpiece clock
"Lepine, Place de Victoire", round (with flattened bottom) spring driven pendulum clock movement with engraved signature "Lepine hger à Paris no. 4369", power reserve: 1-2 weeks, 1/2 hour striking mechanism on bell, dial with 12-hour and decimal hour index via second clock-hand, enamel dial, fire-gilt bronze casing, 2 fluted white marble columns on stepped plinth, surmounted by vase-, lion-, and tellurium finials, 60 cm, France ca. 1780/90, traces of repair and restoration, no warranty for precision of movement and long-term functioning, 1 sun disc pendulum, (HP)
Specialist: Peter Hüttler
Peter Hüttler
+43-1-515 60-293
peter.huettler@dorotheum.at
01.04.2015 - 15:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 7,000.- to EUR 10,000.-
A rare Directoire decimal marble mantelpiece clock
"Lepine, Place de Victoire", round (with flattened bottom) spring driven pendulum clock movement with engraved signature "Lepine hger à Paris no. 4369", power reserve: 1-2 weeks, 1/2 hour striking mechanism on bell, dial with 12-hour and decimal hour index via second clock-hand, enamel dial, fire-gilt bronze casing, 2 fluted white marble columns on stepped plinth, surmounted by vase-, lion-, and tellurium finials, 60 cm, France ca. 1780/90, traces of repair and restoration, no warranty for precision of movement and long-term functioning, 1 sun disc pendulum, (HP)
Specialist: Peter Hüttler
Peter Hüttler
+43-1-515 60-293
peter.huettler@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Antiques: Clocks, Sculpture, Faience, Folk Art, Vintage, Metalwork |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 01.04.2015 - 15:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 26.03. - 01.04.2015 |