A Parisian gilt and patinated bronze pendulum clock "à l'aigle" - image-1
A Parisian gilt and patinated bronze pendulum clock "à l'aigle" - image-2
A Parisian gilt and patinated bronze pendulum clock "à l'aigle" - image-1A Parisian gilt and patinated bronze pendulum clock "à l'aigle" - image-2

Lot 420 Dα

A Parisian gilt and patinated bronze pendulum clock "à l'aigle"

Auction 1208 - overview Cologne
17.11.2022, 14:30 - Decorative Arts - Sculpture Bronze Furniture Textiles
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 2.457 € (incl. premium)
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A Parisian gilt and patinated bronze pendulum clock "à l'aigle"

Black and white marble and bronze clock with a white enamel dial and gilded hands. 14-day running with half-hourly striking to a bell. The tiered rectangular plinth with putti reliefs on six compressed bun feet. The cylindrical case with floral bronze decor between Egyptian style herm pilasters. A model of an eagle with a snake adorns the area above the dial. Signed on the dial "Bergmiller à Paris". A minor chip to the dial at III. H 60, W 42, D 10.8 cm.
1780s.

Literature

This maker in Baillie, Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, London 1966, p. 24.
Cf. Tardy, La pendule française, vol. II, Paris 1969, p. 271, illus. upper left for an almost identical, slightly larger clock.