97th Auction
2018/5/12
Lot 606
Robin à Paris, Movement No. K19892, Height 615 mm, circa 1810
A decorative, remarkable Empire mantel clock with half hour/hour self strike and turning hour ring under fixed hand
Case: bronze, partially firegilt. Dial: enamel chapter ring. Movm.: circular brass full plate movement, 1 hammer / 1 bell, 2 barrels, anchor escapement, silk string suspension, steel pendulum rod and brass bob.
Gilded torches decorate the slender side walls of the high bronze case and on the dark front panel Fama, the personification of fame: a winged female figure holding a trumpet and a laurel wreath announces a victory and the dawning of a golden age. The gilded base bears the Napoleonic Eagle. The winding arbor and the setting mechanism are concealed by slides on the side and can only be accessed by using the extra-long key that comes with the clock. A delicate hand with a sun ornament shows the time on the signed dial of this striking pendulum clock.
Jean Joseph Robin was the second son of Robert Robin and was established as clockmaker at rue Saint-Honoré in Paris from 1806 to 1812, and then at rue de Richelieu from 1815 to 1825. Jean Joseph, along with his brother Nicolas-Robert (1775-1816), clockmaker to Louis XVIII, continued their father business into the first third of the nineteenth century. Both were awarded a Second Class Silver Medal at the 1806 Paris Exposition publique des produits de lndustrie française (Public Industrial Exhibition). At the 1819 Exhibition, Jean Joseph Robin was also noted by the jury for having presented "two very finely crafted astronomical clocks thus maintaining the great reputation that his father acquired through his numerous and important works"."
A decorative, remarkable Empire mantel clock with half hour/hour self strike and turning hour ring under fixed hand
Case: bronze, partially firegilt. Dial: enamel chapter ring. Movm.: circular brass full plate movement, 1 hammer / 1 bell, 2 barrels, anchor escapement, silk string suspension, steel pendulum rod and brass bob.
Gilded torches decorate the slender side walls of the high bronze case and on the dark front panel Fama, the personification of fame: a winged female figure holding a trumpet and a laurel wreath announces a victory and the dawning of a golden age. The gilded base bears the Napoleonic Eagle. The winding arbor and the setting mechanism are concealed by slides on the side and can only be accessed by using the extra-long key that comes with the clock. A delicate hand with a sun ornament shows the time on the signed dial of this striking pendulum clock.
Jean Joseph Robin was the second son of Robert Robin and was established as clockmaker at rue Saint-Honoré in Paris from 1806 to 1812, and then at rue de Richelieu from 1815 to 1825. Jean Joseph, along with his brother Nicolas-Robert (1775-1816), clockmaker to Louis XVIII, continued their father business into the first third of the nineteenth century. Both were awarded a Second Class Silver Medal at the 1806 Paris Exposition publique des produits de lndustrie française (Public Industrial Exhibition). At the 1819 Exhibition, Jean Joseph Robin was also noted by the jury for having presented "two very finely crafted astronomical clocks thus maintaining the great reputation that his father acquired through his numerous and important works"."
estimated
14.000—18.000 €
Price realized
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