THE MOVEMENT BY ENGAZ

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A CONSULAT ORMOLU AND MARBLE OBELISK MANTEL CLOCK
The movement by Engaz
Surmounted by a globe, above a plaque depicting Amor holding a bow and torch, standing on a globe supported by two maidens, above a white enamelled dial with Arabic chapters and pendulum regulator, signed 'ENGAZ A PARIS', above ribbon-tied drapery, the sides with scrolling foliage headed by a flaming tourch, the rectangular socle-frieze depicts winged putti with various musical instruments to the front and with playing with flower garlands to the sides, on a rectangular plinth with chained posts and beaded edges, on round spreading gadrooned feet, the back plate stamped for AD. MOUGIN, also stamped 'S.H Paris', '412 4 4' and '15', the pendulum stamped '3233', the back of the dial etched 'H-1-30-1819', the movement probably associated and early 19th Century
25½ in. (65 cm.) high; 13½ in. (34.3 cm.) wide; 10 in. (25.5 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Engaz is recorded by Tardy as having his workshop in the rue Helvétius, Paris from 1800-10 and them in the rue Sainte-Anne in 1820.

This pedestal-supported and veil-draped 'altar' clock is dedicated to Venus and celebrates Love's dominion. Its pillar of a pearl-wreathed and orb-capped obelisk is embellished with a bas-relief of Hymen's torch held by Cupid bearing aloft a globe borne by Venus's attendant Graces. The plinth tablets reveal festive putti preparing for a sacrifice at Love's altar. A clock of related model in bleu turquin marble, in the Louvre in Paris is illutrated in Tardy, French Clocks The World Over, Paris 1981, vol.II, fig 60.
An identical obelisk mantel clock is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la Pendule Française du Moyen Age au XXe Siècle, Paris, 1997, p. 219.

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