L'ESCALIER DE CRISTAL (Veuve Desarnaud) - Lot 249

L'ESCALIER DE CRISTAL (Veuve Desarnaud) Important column clock in cut crystal and chased and gilded bronze surmounted by a bust of Homer. Dial with ivory-enameled pastilles Restoration period. Height: 52 cm Missing needle, cracked pastilles, small enamel chips, faded numerals and signature. The bust has probably been removed. Provenance: Alfred de Vigny collection, Artcurial sale November 15, 2016, lot 11, mentioned in the after-death inventory. Exhibition: Alfred de Vigny et les arts, Paris, Musée de la Vie romantique, November 22, 1997 - March 1, 1998, p. 24, no. 9, with mention of the signature Veuve Desarnaud. Bibliography: Madeleine Ambrière, Nathalie Basset, Loïc Chotard and Jean Sangnier, Alfred de Vigny et les siens : documents inédits, 1989, p. 368.