Louis XVI Period Clock With Grape-picking Children (from Bordeaux Or Burgundy)
Rare and amusing gilded bronze clock depicting child grape-pickers.
The movement with enamel dial, Arabic numerals has two gilded pierced hands.
It is set in a base surrounded by a ribbon, vine branches, bunches of grapes and laurel twists.
On the side, a child mounted on a ladder crushes grapes in a vat decorated with a garland and resting on scrolled feet. To the right, another child drinks the grape juice from the vat's spigot.
The ensemble stands on a bronze molded base set on a blackened wood plinth.
The front and side edges of the plinth are inlaid with a frieze of openwork interlacing with grapevines and bunches of grapes.
Louis XVI period
Working condition.
Gilding wear: bezel, rear door.
Rare commissioned model for a wine merchant or vineyard owner.
The movement with enamel dial, Arabic numerals has two gilded pierced hands.
It is set in a base surrounded by a ribbon, vine branches, bunches of grapes and laurel twists.
On the side, a child mounted on a ladder crushes grapes in a vat decorated with a garland and resting on scrolled feet. To the right, another child drinks the grape juice from the vat's spigot.
The ensemble stands on a bronze molded base set on a blackened wood plinth.
The front and side edges of the plinth are inlaid with a frieze of openwork interlacing with grapevines and bunches of grapes.
Louis XVI period
Working condition.
Gilding wear: bezel, rear door.
Rare commissioned model for a wine merchant or vineyard owner.
4 500 €
Period: 18th century
Style: Louis 16th, Directory
Condition: Good condition
Material: Bronze
Width: 34 cm
Height: 42 cm
Depth: 15,5 cm
Reference (ID): 1735993
Availability: In stock
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