A RESTAURATION BRONZE, ORMOLU AND ROUGE GRIOTTE MARBLE STRIKING FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK: 'STANDING ATHENA'
LESIEUR AND PONS, AFTER THE MODEL BY GÉRARD-JEAN GALLÉ. CIRCA 1820
A RESTAURATION BRONZE, ORMOLU AND ROUGE GRIOTTE MARBLE STRIKING FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK: 'STANDING ATHENA' LESIEUR AND PONS, AFTER THE MODEL BY GÉRARD-JEAN GALLÉ. CIRCA 1820 CASE: Athena in plumed helmet, on red marble plinth with double shield, lyre and palmette mounts, with ormolu base DIAL: shield-form ormolu dial with matted ground and low relief cast with the four seasons, individual white enamel chapters, blued steel Breguet hands MOVEMENT: twin barrels with anchor escapement and countwheel strike on bell, back plate stamped 'LESIEUR' and the front plate 'Pons'; pendulum 35 in. (89 cm.) high; 10½ in. (26 cm.) wide; 7¾ in. (20 cm.) deep
A RESTAURATION BRONZE, ORMOLU AND ROUGE GRIOTTE MARBLE STRIKING FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK: 'STANDING ATHENA'
LESIEUR AND PONS, AFTER THE MODEL BY GÉRARD-JEAN GALLÉ. CIRCA 1820
A RESTAURATION BRONZE, ORMOLU AND ROUGE GRIOTTE MARBLE STRIKING FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK: 'STANDING ATHENA' LESIEUR AND PONS, AFTER THE MODEL BY GÉRARD-JEAN GALLÉ. CIRCA 1820 CASE: Athena in plumed helmet, on red marble plinth with double shield, lyre and palmette mounts, with ormolu base DIAL: shield-form ormolu dial with matted ground and low relief cast with the four seasons, individual white enamel chapters, blued steel Breguet hands MOVEMENT: twin barrels with anchor escapement and countwheel strike on bell, back plate stamped 'LESIEUR' and the front plate 'Pons'; pendulum 35 in. (89 cm.) high; 10½ in. (26 cm.) wide; 7¾ in. (20 cm.) deep
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