IMPORTANT PENDULUM CLOCK WITH ALLEGORY OF FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE, STOPPING TIME 89 x 62 x 21 cm. Dated “1809”. France, 1809. Literature: cf. Exhibition catalogue Leningrad 1984, no. 37. cf. Hans Ottomeyer and Peter Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Die Bronzearbeiten des Spätbarock und Klassizismus, vol. 1, Munich 1986, p. 345, no. 5.5.12. Notes: There is a preliminary drawing by Pierre-Philippe Thomire from 1813, inscribed: “Leteme emporte les heures, l‘amour et l‘amitié, cherchent á le fixer”, held at the Historisches Museum Frankfurt as a template for the furnishing of the Würzburg Residence (cf. 5.2.11 in the same book). cf. Wordsdale, 1978, p. 40, here such a clock – perhaps identical with the one on offer for sale in this lot – is mentioned in an invoice from 1812, which describes a delivery by Thomire to Napoleon‘s residence in Florence and estimates it at 3600 francs. € 28.000 - € 30.000 Sistrix INFO | BID Vorzeichnungen Pierre-Philippe Thomire (vgl. Ottomeyer, Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen) Signatur und Datierung 144 HAMPEL ONLINE Visit www.hampel-auctions.com for around 7.000 additional images.
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