Antique Bronze Pendulum

Dimensions:
Height x width: 38 cm x 35 cm

Description:
Pedestal standing on finely chiselled feet with scenes of wolves, sheep and shepherds depicted as appliqués.
The actual scene is standing on the plinth. On the left, the wolf in a crouched posture, baring his teeth. On the right, raised high, the woodsman.
The fire-gilt bronze is finely chiselled, very beautiful in proportion.
The dark patinated tree stump contains the enamel dial.

Eight day movement with thread suspension and lock disc strike on bell on the half and full hour.

Fun Facts:
The fascinating thing about French bronze clocks is that they almost always tell a story too.
This clock shows a woodsman who is surprised by the wolf while he is at work. But instead of being afraid, he goes towards the wolf full of determination and with his axe raised high. The tide turns. Suddenly the wolf is the underdog.

The bronze artist has managed to express the situation perfectly through the fine elaboration of the facial features and the posture.

In this way, these clocks always reflect what moved and preoccupied people at the time they were made. In this case, the fear of the wolf, which was still omnipresent in the European forests.

Price: This object is no longer available. I regularly have very high quality figurative bronze pendulums in my assortment. Please feel free to contact me!