NAST À PARIS - Lot 192

NAST À PARIS Two-tone white and blue cookie clock in the Wedgwood style, known as "la fileuse", the hexagonal dial frame resting on a rectangular base framed by two half-columns surmounted by an antique-style woman seated on a fountain with a kid drinking from a chased ormolu shell, the fountain with lion's head, surrounded by two chased ormolu vases topped with bouquets of cookie flowers. At the center of the base, a large ormolu plate with two birds quenching their thirst in a cup framed by palmettes. The white enameled dial with twelve Roman numerals bears the name of the manufacturer, A. Lacroix in Paris. Early 19th century, circa 1800 (minor old restorations to the kid's horns, the shepherdess' hands and arms). Wire movement. H: 42.5 cm This model corresponds to a Nast invoice dated 1800, "une fileuse" still listed in Madame Nast's death inventory. Madame Nast in 1811. Similar clock in the Norfolk Time museum. A model of a spinner clock in patinated and gilded bronze acquired in 1812 for the King of Rome's bedroom is in the Mobilier national (inv. gml 6307).