A gilt bronze hanging lamp representing the "King... Lot 290

A gilt bronze hanging lamp representing the "King Charles Sauveur", the child lying in a cradle with reversed bedside decorated with acanthus leaves, a frieze of openwork palmettes and a large openwork braid in simulated fishnet in which is inscribed the enamelled dial with Roman numerals for the hours and Arabic numerals for the minutes, supported by girdle feet ending in claws. The dog saves the child attacked by a snake in patinated bronze. It rests on a rectangular base with a chiselled degree of stylized papyrus and four runners. Empire period (minor wear to the gilding, snake to be reattached) H: 40 - W: 34 - D: 13 cm Provenance: Jean LEFEVRE Collection (1908- 1965), architect. An identical clock is reproduced in "French Bronze Clocks 1700-1830" by Elke Niehüser, Munich 1999, p.223, n°555. This same model exists in green patinated bronze and gilt bronze 1, another example is reproduced in the general work of pierre kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la pendule française du Moyen Age au XXe siècle, p. 403 fig. F. 1 - Tardy, la pendule française de Louis XVI à nos jours PENDULUM REPRESENTING THE "KING CHARLES SAUVEUR", IN GILDED BRONZE, THE CHILD LYING IN A CRADLE EMPIRE PERIOD