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French Empire Gout d'Egypt Mantle Clock Depicting the Goddess Isis

$40,559
£29,950
€35,100.45
CA$55,932.61
A$62,837.78
CHF 32,832.84
MX$766,964.49
NOK 416,881.12
SEK 392,405.75
DKK 261,932.63

About the Item

A rare French Empire Gout d'Egypt mantle clock depiciting the Goddess Isis, in ormolu, red or rouge griotte marble and patinated bronze, known as the Thomas Hope Clock. This very rare model was made famous by the Regency designer Thomas Hope, and was thought to have been designed by him, but now it is believed he commissioned a model of this clock from Paris, and made it famous, displaying it in his Egyptian room. This style is also known as Retour d'Egypt and Gout d'Egypt, the interest in Egpyt was ignited by Napoleons campaigns in Egpyt in 1798. The goddess Isis, wearing a Nemes headdress and long sheaf dress gathered below her bare breasts, standing with her left foot forward within a rouge griotte niche flanked by pilasters, mounted with gilt bronze panels cast with an obelisk, hieroglyphs and Egyptian motifs, each pilaster surmounted by a canopic bull head above a mount showing Egyptian symbols and hieroglyphs, the whole upon a rouge griotte demi-lune base on bun feet. The example once owned by Thomas Hope was subsequently bought by Lord Faringdon for his Oxfordshire residence Buscot Park, there is another example at Brighton Pavilion, whilst another resides in Farnley Hall, Yorkshire, which is signed on the dial Weeks, for the famous English Clockmaker and Museum owner Thomas Weeks, of London. This model can be seen in Thomas Hope, “Household Furniture and Interior Decoration”, 1807, pl. VII, Hans Ottomeyer and Peter Pröschel, “Vergoldete Bronzen”, 1986, p. 336, pl. 5.3.2, Pierre Kjellberg, “Encyclopédie de la Pendule Française du Moyen Age au XXe Siècle”, 1997, p. 380 and Elke Niehüser, “Die Französische Bronzeuhr”, 1997, p. 229, pl. 646. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, fusee chain movement with lever escapement, and flat bottomed plates.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 21.26 in (54 cm)Width: 11.42 in (29 cm)Depth: 8.67 in (22 cm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Bronze,Griotte Marble,Ormolu,Patinated
  • Place of Origin:
    France
  • Period:
    1800-1809
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1805
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2015343947052

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