A FRENCH ORMOLU, SILVERED BRONZE, CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL AND MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK, surmounted by a figure of a maiden cast from a model by Emile Herbert, the maiden entitled FIL DE LA VIERGE, seated on a rock with bull rushes and water at her feet, signed EMILE HERBERT, the reverse stamped G S MEDAILLE D'OR 1867, the clock in a rectangular grey marble case, the circular dial signed G. SERVANT BRONZIER PARIS - MEDAILLE D'OR 1867, with a twin-train movement also stamped and numbered 2492, striking on a bell,second half 19th Century

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A FRENCH ORMOLU, SILVERED BRONZE, CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL AND MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK, surmounted by a figure of a maiden cast from a model by Emile Herbert, the maiden entitled FIL DE LA VIERGE, seated on a rock with bull rushes and water at her feet, signed EMILE HERBERT, the reverse stamped G S MEDAILLE D'OR 1867, the clock in a rectangular grey marble case, the circular dial signed G. SERVANT BRONZIER PARIS - MEDAILLE D'OR 1867, with a twin-train movement also stamped and numbered 2492, striking on a bell,second half 19th Century
17in. (43cm.) wide; 27in (68.5cm.) high overall; 8¼in. (21cm.) deep the figure: 17½in. (44.5cm.) high

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Pierre-Eugène-Emile Hébert (d.1893), a Parisian sculptor, exhibited in the Salons from 1846 to 1893. One of his most important works Le Fil de la Vierge is the original model of the present silvered figure ('Eil' should read 'Fil').

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