Beautiful gilded bronze mercury clock featuring the figure o - Lot 236

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Beautiful gilded bronze mercury clock featuring the figure o - Lot 236
Beautiful gilded bronze mercury clock featuring the figure of Uranie à la lecture, known as à l'Astronomie". The muse, dressed in antique style and crowned with stars, leans against a bookcase adorned with a bust of Homer and griffins, and surmounted by scientific instruments, a book in her hand. A pendant guilloché column supports an armillary sphere. Rectangular base featuring an Athenian woman framed by columns linked by draperies. Dial highlighted by a frieze of ovals signed Blasson in Troyes. Empire period Dimensions: 38 x 30 x 11 cm
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