The Longitude at the Eve of the Third...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 23, 1999

LOT 439

Chopin & Cie. à Paris, circa 1815.L'EcritureFine bronze and brèche marble, eight day going, hour and half hour striking clock.

C. Brèche marble rectangular standing of four feet and applied with bronze wreath, the plinth with palm leaf foliage decoration. The bronze figure of a standing lady in classical dress, relying on her elbow, writes on a writing board supported by the clock. Applied bronze symbolic reading figure below the dial, the bezel cast with floral decoration. D. Gilt brass engine-turned with Roman numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Brass, pré-mouvement de Paris type, with going barrels both on the gong and the striking trains, anchor escapement, short pendulum with a silk suspension, striking on a bell with the count wheel on the back plateDim. 53 x 36 x 15 cm.