"Beautiful Orientalist Clock In Gilt And Patinated Bronze, Ibrahim Pasha, Gold Medal, Pons - 1827"
Beautiful French 19th century Orientalist clock in gilded and patinated bronze, representing Ibrahim Pasha, Gold Medal – Pons 1827Very nice quality of casting with amazing details in the Pasha's tunique for instance. The movement with the pastille "Pons, Médaille d'Or – Pons 1827" See the print entitled "Ibrahim" for the manufacture of the clock, depicting the son of Méhémet Ali of Egypt, invader of the Morea, Paris, BnF, Cabinet of Prints. (See the latest photos here).
Literature: Stephan Adler, “The Hours of Philhellenism, The French Philhellenic Clocks from Charles X to Louis-Philippe”, p242 and 243.
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