Louis XVI Style Pendule a Cercles Tournants
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Louis XVI Style Pendule a Cercles Tournants
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Published 2019-03-18T10:13:42+00:00
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This object, a pendulum created in the second quarter of the 19th Century, was made in a style commonly found duing the reign of Louis XVI. The gilt bronze clock, stood on a white marble plinth, has a peculiar means of telling the time. In a 'cercles tournants', the hands of the clock rotate around the neck of the decorative vase.
Sold at "The Gilded Age Revisited: Property from a Distinguished American Collection", February 2019 - Estimate, $4,000-6,000, sold for $5,625.
Technical Information
| Date published | 18/03/2019 |
| Complexity | Difficult |
More Information
| Title | Louis XVI Style Pendule a Cercles Tournants |
| Date | Late 1800s |
| Dimension | height 13 1/2 in.; width 5 1/2 in. 34.5 cm; 14 cm |
| Accession | Private Collection |
| Medium | Gilt Bronze and White Marble |
| Record | https://bid.prod.sothelabs.com/buy/838416c9-767d-481f-8466-bb4a9995e2eb/lots/970f1699-3e23-4a96-a702-f1d92214646b?locale=en |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Place | Sotheby's |
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