Restoration Period Gilt Bronze Clock with a Young Woman

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Clock in gilded and chiseled bronze representing a young woman sitting sideways dressed in the antique style, wearing a laurel … Read more Clock in gilded and chiseled bronze representing a young woman sitting sideways dressed in the antique style, wearing a laurel crown and flowers, holding a veil above her head. She is seated on the dial set in a patinated bronze structure imitating a rock. The gilt dial with black Roman numerals is surrounded by a wreath of fruit. The classical style base shows a decoration of maritime attributes. The lower part of the base is decorated with water leaves and the ensemble rests on four small feet with palmettes. It is a work of the Restoration period at the beginning of the 19th century. See less