Oversized François I mantel clock.

Oversized François I mantel clock. France, c. 1860, signed Th. Gechter, for Jean-François Théodore Gechter (French sculptor, 1796-1844), gilded bronze, finely chiselled, cast in several parts and bolted together, clock base in black marble, imposing hunting scene depicting François I on horseback bringing down a raging boar, pendulum movement with half-hour chime on a bell, movement in working order, bronze with an aged patina and traces of corrosion; the sword is bent; dimensions 77 x 60 x

Category

Clocks and mantel clocks

Location

Plauen

Dimensions

77 × 60 cm