A rare French obelisk-shaped gilt bronze mounted white marble pendulum clock crowned with an eagle, late 19th C.

H 67 - L 33 - D 27,5 cm

The work inscribed with the numbe '2948' and with the marks of 'H. Luppens Paris' and 'Médaille d'Argent S. Marti et Cie 1889'. 

Ref.:
- This 'Pendule obélisque dite de Yorktown' is based on the clock designed by Joseph Revel, nowadays part of the collection of the Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris. The eagle holds the plan of Yorktown, the site of a decisive Franco-American victory for the Independence of the United States. (link)

Provenance:
- A Belgian private collection, Ghent.