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Lot n° 509

D’époque Louis XVI.

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Pendulum with the "Bacchante" at the signature of Rouvière in Paris (received Master in 1781). Enamelled dial with hour-markers, with Arabic numerals, enamelled black for the hours and minutes and red for the dates. The movement rests on a drapery supported by two cherubs each straddling an ibex. At the top is a long bacchante raising its bowl. White marble terrace. Chiseled bronze and gilded with mercury. Dimensions : 50 x 37 x 12 cm. Provenance : Collection of Baron and Baroness François Duesberg. Litt. Pierre Kjellberg. "La Pendule française", page 268. Condition : Very nice. With pendulum.