Lot n° 34
Estimation :
300 - 500
EUR
Result without fees
Result
: 400EUR
ATELIERS LA RUCHE, Toulouse - Lot 34
ATELIERS LA RUCHE, Toulouse
Veneer and molded wood clock with inlaid decoration of a village view with a fisherman, centered on a circular dial with Arabic numerals.
Inscription at the top: "omnes vulnerant ultima necat" ("All hurt, the last kills").
Signed in molded wood reserves and dated "1909".
Height Height : 50 cm
Width : 32 cm
Depth : 14 cm
History:
The motto "Omnes vulnerant, ultima necat" ("All hurt, the last kills") is associated with the tradition of European sundials from the Renaissance and especially the 17th-18th centuries. It belongs to the vast corpus of horological mottoes recalling the passage of time and human mortality.
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