Pendulum "the Reader" From Denisart A Paris Ep Empire 1810 Ht 34.

PENDULUM "LA LISEUSE" EMPIRE PERIOD 1810 In Bronze Ormolu, gilding exceptional original green marble base Wed. rare model, the Liseuse right! Model bronze sculptor and designer JEAN-ANDRE REICHE (1752-1817), executed after a watercolor drawing deposited in the Imperial Library on February 19, 1805. A similar pendulum is located at Fontainebleau. Pendulum referenced in many books: model in French Bronze Clocks Elke Niehüser page 86 Model similar in Kjellberg Encyclopedia of French pendulum page 398 Movement wire revised by watchmaker with pendulum and key Dial in signed enamel DENISARD A PARIS Movement is registered in a table draped with claw feet. The oil lamp emblem of vigilance and prudence. The books being the source of Science. Height 34 Base 29x 14 tictac.bruss@gmail.com Tel 0608714846