Directoire pendulum clock, mantel clock, marble and fire-gilded bronze, c. 1795
Key facts
- Country of manufacture
- France
- Production time
- around 1795
Description
An elegant Directoire portal clock in white Carrara marble and fire-gilt bronze, attributed to Molardot of Dijon, circa 1795 Case in the form of a portal clock (with six cast bronze columns) featuring lavish bronze decoration; a relief depicting putti is set into the plinth. The fire-gilding is in good condition, the marble is undamaged; overall, the clock is in very good condition. The large, round pendulum movement, with a thread suspension and hook escapement, runs for approximately one week and strikes the half and full hours on a bell. It has been fully overhauled and refurbished, and is therefore once again fully functional. A very fine, fire-gilded bronze pendulum in the shape of a sun ‘en face’. The delicate enamelled dial with Arabic numerals is in good condition; it has only a tiny, barely visible hairline crack below the 10, and is marked ‘Molardot a Dijon’. Extremely finely crafted, fire-gilded lily-shaped hands. Dimensions: Height: 50 cm Width: 28 cm Depth: 11 cm The key, pendulum and a bell are included in the offer.