Large Cathedral Clock, Troubadour In Finely Gilded Bronze - Circa 1830 Weibel In Lyon

Table clock
Finely gilded bronze
Paris movement, anchor escapement, striking mechanism with counting wheel, striking on the hour and half hour
Dimensions: H. 55; W. 21; D. 13 (cm.)
Paris and Lyon, circa 1830

Large architectural clock. It rests on a quadrangular base with three tiers. The central body is framed by flying buttresses and small columns with pinnacles. The dial with “Gothic” numerals is an integral part of this idealized cathedral facade. These models were very successful, as evidenced by the many silver, green, and brown patina variants. Raingo signed a number of them, which could possibly indicate that he produced the bronze elements himself...

Historicism
The publication of Jules Michelet's collections during the Restoration and the creation of a “National Novel” to lend credibility to the regime in power, as well as the artistic emulation surrounding the writer Walter Scott and the painter Fleury-Richard, created a veritable “Neo-Gothic” or “Gothic Revival” artistic vogue.

Related works:
-Rouen Museum of Fine Arts
-Museum of Decorative Arts, inv. 41999

Condition report: very good condition of the gilding. Movement overhaul on estimate.