Antique French Gilt Bronze Empire Neoclassical Statue Clock by Rabiat Paris 1810 Decorative Arts one bacchante is depicted standing

one bacchante is depicted standing & holding a fruiting vine

Epsom Derby

The bronze is finely cast by the lost wax method (cire perdue)

this was effective for him and he sold a number of works this way

Antique French Gilt Bronze Empire Neoclassical Statue Clock by Rabiat Paris 1810 Decorative Arts one bacchante is depicted standingIncredible investment quality antique French gilded bronze Empire eight day clock, "Allegory of Poetry" Claude Franois Rabiat circa 1810, in excellent condition. The clock depicts a handsome tall winged angel holding a stylus and leaning on a column with two volumes on philosophy. The column with four portrait plaques including "Caesar" and the writer philosopher "Xenophon", there are two further portrait plaques to the side of the column, the clock