14th Jul, 2021 10:00 EST
The Gilded Age
8A
A Fine and Large Louis XVI Style Gilt and Patinated Bronze Cartel Clock
Circa 1870
The circular gilt dial with applied black Roman numerals flanked by two pairs of putti below two fluted Corinthian columns, surmounted by a wreath issuing drapery flowing down and held by the putti, above a large patinated figure of a reclining Chronos.
H: 45, W; 14 in. (approx.)
Provenance
Collection of Robert & Barbara Safford, Vaux Hill, Audubon, Pennsylvania.
Freeman’s, Philadelphia, September 25, 2013, lot 43.
Acquired directly from the above sale.
Private Collection, Long Island, New York.
Estimated at $8,000 - $12,000
The circular gilt dial with applied black Roman numerals flanked by two pairs of putti below two fluted Corinthian columns, surmounted by a wreath issuing drapery flowing down and held by the putti, above a large patinated figure of a reclining Chronos.
Provenance
Collection of Robert & Barbara Safford, Vaux Hill, Audubon, Pennsylvania.
Freeman’s, Philadelphia, September 25, 2013, lot 43.
Acquired directly from the above sale.
Private Collection, Long Island, New York.
