拍品 523
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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU AND VERDE ANTICO MARBLE MANTLE CLOCK
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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU AND VERDE ANTICO MARBLE MANTLE CLOCK

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU AND VERDE ANTICO MARBLE MANTLE CLOCK
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The white enamel Roman and Arabic dial with inner concentric calendar ring, signed 'à Paris' and twin barel movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike on bell, within a tooled and circular bezel, above a charriot driven by a putto and drawn by two peacocks amidst clouds, surmounted by a Juno attended by a further putto, above a rounded rectangular base mounted to the front with berried palmette motifs and centred by adorsed griffins, a perled border and on hairy paw feet
23¼ in. (59 cm.) high; 25½ in. (65 cm.) wide; 7½ in. (19 cm.) deep
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品专文

Depicting Hymen attending Juno in her cloud borne chariot with Cupid-driven peacocks, this clock evokes lyric poetry with the protectress of marriage. A clock of this model is in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris (illustrated in Tardy, La Pendule Française, vol. II, Paris, 1969, p. 379).