Lot 1159 - A216 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - Thursday, 26. March 2026, 01.30 PM
MONUMENTAL MANTEL CLOCK
Restauration, Paris, ca. 1830. Signed Gasche Hr & Bte du roi Paris.
Bronze and brass, gilt. Allegorical figure supported by the rectangular clock case, on a stepped rectangular base with scrolled feet. Decorated with a leaf frieze, oak leaf garland, ram's heads, and a lyre. Silvered dial with Roman numerals. Parisian movement with half-hour chime on bell, monogrammed B.R and numbered 375, stamped Medaille d'or Paris 1827. 2 keys.
56 × 21 × 76 cm.
Bronze slightly rubbed.
Provenance:
- By inheritance in a Swiss private collection.
A watchmaker named Gasche is listed in the Galerie de Valois and Galerie d'Orléans in Paris ca. 1840 (see Tardy: Dictionnaire des Horlogers Français. Paris 1972, p. 247).
CHF 3 000 / 5 000 | (€ 3 090 / 5 150)
Sold for CHF 3 375 (including buyer's premium)