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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JewelryPicker, post: 4253402, member: 20513&quot;][ATTACH=full]337817[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337818[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337819[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337820[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337821[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337822[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337823[/ATTACH] Hello all,</p><p><br /></p><p>I picked this up over the weekend and thought I’d share.</p><p><br /></p><p>12” tall ormolu bronze French Empire lyre clock by master bronzier Andre-Antoine Ravrio and movement by Claude Hemon</p><p><br /></p><p>The movement is not working, unfortunately.&nbsp; However the case itself appears to have some notability.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Andre-Antoine Ravrio gained tremendous notoriety in early 19th Century France by sculpting bronzes for Empress Josephine and in 1810 he was commissioned as Napoleon Bonaparte’s chief bronzier.&nbsp; He was overcome by mercury fumes and died in 1814.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>On the bottom is a paper label with Cyrillic characters which translate directly to:</p><p><br /></p><p>“Museums of the City</p><p>Dept. Int. Removed Premises”</p><p><br /></p><p>So somehow this French piece was found to be worthy of a Russian museum.&nbsp; I have no way of knowing, but it would be cool to know if this piece was owned by Napoleon!</p><p><br /></p><p>I’m not clear on whether the pendulum and key are original to the piece, but they were taped to the clock when I grabbed it at a local variety auction[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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