Hemon a Paris, figural mantel clock, gilt and patinated bronze case, the molded base with scroll feet set with Helios masks, the front with trophy, including poppies, acanthus, wheat, and tools of the harvest, and surmounted by a pair of nicely modeled figures; a young woman drawing back a drape covering the clock while the figure of a young boy attempts to stop her, the scene based on earlier clocks depicting Amor and Aurora, and representing the flow of time; the figures before a large, gilt bundle of wheat, and a few poppies, on a patinated, naturalistic ground, Roman numeral, white enamel dial with gilt wheat and poppy bezel, 8 day, time and strike pendule de Paris movement, c1850 — Antique Clocks Price Guide

Brand: Hemon
Price: 2300 USD
Availability: Discontinued

Shelf or Mantel Figural Hemon France auction

Price Record

Sale date October 22, 2016

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Maker Hemon
Type Shelf or Mantel Figural
Country France
Price type auction
Date October 22, 2016
Source R. O. Schmitt Fine Arts

Description

case dirty, patination good with minor losses, losses to gilding, feet a bit loose, dial with hairlines, hands very dirty, movement ticks and strikes, pendulum replaced, crutch repaired

Record courtesy of R. O. Schmitt Fine Arts