ANTOINE GAULIN (Active in Paris from 1779 to 1830). Transitional Louis XVI-Imperial portico clock.
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ANTOINE GAULIN (Active in Paris from 1779 to 1830).
Transitional Louis XVI-Imperial portico clock. France, late 18th-early 19th century.
Belgian marble, white marble and gilt bronze.
Signed Antonie Gaulin ("Gaulin àParis").
In need of overhaul and overhaul (by a watchmaker). The winding is missing. Normal wear and tear due to use and the passing of time.
Watches signed by this watchmaker are kept in the collection of the Banco de España. This is a very diverse collection that includes paintings, drawings, sculptures and photographs, as well as a large number of pieces of particular value in the decorative arts.
Measurements: 38 x 26 x 9 cm.
Portico clock, Louis XVI-Imperial transition, made in France at the end of the 18th century, beginning of the 19th century. It is made in Belgian marble in lateral columns and upper pediment, white marble in capitals and column bases decorated with gilded bronze ornaments in its totality, base of the pendulum, dial, reliefs of columns and two zodiacal signs of Capricorn in the upper part. Half-hour and hour chimes. Porcelain dial with Arabic numerals and gilt hands, signed Gaulin a Paris. An anthropomorphic solar representation evoking Apollo decorates the pendulum.
Antoine Gaulin is documented in Paris as a master watchmaker in 1788. He had a workshop at 36 Quai de la Mégisserie from 1789 to 1830. He is also mentioned in the Almanach du commerce de Paris, des départemens de l'empire français et des principales villes du monde, dated 1811. Gaulin collaborated with bronze artists of the stature of Thomire.
Transitional Louis XVI-Imperial portico clock. France, late 18th-early 19th century.
Belgian marble, white marble and gilt bronze.
Signed Antonie Gaulin ("Gaulin àParis").
In need of overhaul and overhaul (by a watchmaker). The winding is missing. Normal wear and tear due to use and the passing of time.
Watches signed by this watchmaker are kept in the collection of the Banco de España. This is a very diverse collection that includes paintings, drawings, sculptures and photographs, as well as a large number of pieces of particular value in the decorative arts.
Measurements: 38 x 26 x 9 cm.
Portico clock, Louis XVI-Imperial transition, made in France at the end of the 18th century, beginning of the 19th century. It is made in Belgian marble in lateral columns and upper pediment, white marble in capitals and column bases decorated with gilded bronze ornaments in its totality, base of the pendulum, dial, reliefs of columns and two zodiacal signs of Capricorn in the upper part. Half-hour and hour chimes. Porcelain dial with Arabic numerals and gilt hands, signed Gaulin a Paris. An anthropomorphic solar representation evoking Apollo decorates the pendulum.
Antoine Gaulin is documented in Paris as a master watchmaker in 1788. He had a workshop at 36 Quai de la Mégisserie from 1789 to 1830. He is also mentioned in the Almanach du commerce de Paris, des départemens de l'empire français et des principales villes du monde, dated 1811. Gaulin collaborated with bronze artists of the stature of Thomire.
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ANTOINE GAULIN (Active in Paris from 1779 to 1830). Transitional Louis XVI-Imperial portico clock.
Estimate €1,400 - €1,600
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