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Lot 233
Sale 5617 - British & European Furniture & Decorative Arts
Oct 17, 2017
9:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$2,000 -
4,000
Price Realized
$4,250
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
An Empire ormolu figural mantel clock, 'The Chariot of Telemachus' Le Roy Horloger du Roi, Palais Royal, Paris, circa 1810
The case after the model by Jean-André Reiche (French, 1752-1817), in the form of a biga driven by Telemachus under the protection of Athena, the chariot wheel forming the enamel chapter ring; all above a rectangular base with a frieze of Telemachus, Ulysses, Calypso, and Eucharis flanked by laurel wreaths, raised on four fasces pillars; the movement without pendulum stamped "732/P" and with various scratched and stamped inventory marks.
H: 18, W: 19 3/4, D: 5 in.