By Balthazar Lieutaud
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind table clock in blued bronze and mercury gilt bronze "ormolu".
"The Study", Louis XVI, representing a woman reading. Black marble base framed by a floral border in gilt bronze and decorated by a vegetal frieze in mercury gilt bronze. Onion-shaped legs with acanthus leaves, also in gilt bronze.
The sphere in a circular profile in white enamel, signed BALTHAZAR, Á PARÍS, shows the hours in Roman numbers and the intervals in Arabic numbers, with bronze hands drilled in gold.
The clock is in a LUIS XVI box with a gilt bronze finish. The clock case is embellished with a garland, supported by 4 scrolls. The sides in the shape of a treillague and on the case a book and a laurel wreath.
On the left, a beautiful female figure with collected hair, sandals and a long classic tunic, reading a book and with a papyrus on her side.
Balthazar movement, Paris. Signed on the dial.
A copy entitled "The use of time", is in the castle of Fontainebleau.
The watch is listed in the best antique watch books...
Category
Early 1800s French Louis XVI Antique Balthazar Lieutaud Furniture
MaterialsMarble, Gold, Bronze