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Lot 351
Sale 5198 - English, Continental Furniture & Dec Art
May 5, 2009
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$7,000 -
10,000
Lot Description
Large and impressive French patinated and gilt bronze clock charpentier et cie bronzier, rue charlot, paris, late 19th century
The reclining figure of Sappho surmounting an oval fluted and waisted black marble and bronze base inset with the circular white enamel Roman numeral dial.
NOTE: Charpentier was located at 8 Rue Charlot, Paris founded in 1860. The firm exhibited monumental clocks at the 1878 Paris Exposition Universelle and it is reasonable to believe this clock was exhibited at either the Philadelphia or Chicago Exhibitions.