Leila and Le Giaour Clock France ca 1830
3084sinds 27 mei. '25, 22:44
€ 6.900,00
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Leila and Le Giaour Clock, France circa 1830
With base : Height : 61 cm (24 in.) ; Width : 51,5 cm (20,3 in.) ; Depth : 23,5 cm (9,2 in.)
Without base : Height : 52 cm (20,5 in.) ; Width : 42 cm (16,5 in.) ; Depth : 12,5 cm (4,9 in.)
Dial signed Polti Frères
Important philhellenic clock in burnished and amati gilded bronze, finely chiseled, representing on the terrace a couple elegantly dressed in « the turkish style », and richly decorated with foliage, scrolls and flowers. The feet, decorated with water leaves, rest on a rosewood oval base covered with a globe.
The theme of the clock comes from The Giaour, a fragment of a Turkish Tale, an English poem by Lord Byron published in may 1813 which tells the thwarted love of a Venetian, the Giaour –
term by which the Turks designate infidels and especially Christians – and of Leila, a slave belonging to Hassan’s seraglio, military leader of a Turkish province. The betrayal of Leila discovered, she will be thrown into the sea and her lover will avenge her by killing Hassan, then taking refuge in a monastery.
With base : Height : 61 cm (24 in.) ; Width : 51,5 cm (20,3 in.) ; Depth : 23,5 cm (9,2 in.)
Without base : Height : 52 cm (20,5 in.) ; Width : 42 cm (16,5 in.) ; Depth : 12,5 cm (4,9 in.)
Dial signed Polti Frères
Important philhellenic clock in burnished and amati gilded bronze, finely chiseled, representing on the terrace a couple elegantly dressed in « the turkish style », and richly decorated with foliage, scrolls and flowers. The feet, decorated with water leaves, rest on a rosewood oval base covered with a globe.
The theme of the clock comes from The Giaour, a fragment of a Turkish Tale, an English poem by Lord Byron published in may 1813 which tells the thwarted love of a Venetian, the Giaour –
term by which the Turks designate infidels and especially Christians – and of Leila, a slave belonging to Hassan’s seraglio, military leader of a Turkish province. The betrayal of Leila discovered, she will be thrown into the sea and her lover will avenge her by killing Hassan, then taking refuge in a monastery.
Zoekertjesnummer: m2272792929
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