. English: Watercolour, gouache and pen and ink, on laid paper. Numbered: 3. Dimensions: 66 cm. by cm. To be executed in gilt bronze; enamel dial; black marble platform. Cupid, holding a laurel wreath and his bow, the latter resting on the block, fronted by the clock, on which he is seated, his foot resting on a truncated column, a lyre and a circular shield to one side. The shield, ribbon tied to a staff with Bacchic thyrsus cone finial, is charged with a lion and carries Concord’s doves. The frieze is centered by a pair of billing doves within a pointed oval flanked by stylised palmette
. English: Watercolour, gouache and pen and ink, on laid paper. Numbered: 3. Dimensions: 66 cm. by cm. To be executed in gilt bronze; enamel dial; black marble platform. Cupid, holding a laurel wreath and his bow, the latter resting on the block, fronted by the clock, on which he is seated, his foot resting on a truncated column, a lyre and a circular shield to one side. The shield, ribbon tied to a staff with Bacchic thyrsus cone finial, is charged with a lion and carries Concord’s doves. The frieze is centered by a pair of billing doves within a pointed oval flanked by stylised palmettes. The billing doves in the frieze signify Love’s embraces; the pair of doves facing each other (on the rim of the circular shield) indicates Concord. between 1814 and Unknown 492 Sketch of a French Empire style clock. Lyric love and Concord
Size: 1979px × 2526px
Photo credit: © The Picture Art Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., /, /., 1814, , unknown.
