A FRENCH ORMOLU AND SIENA BROCATELLE, RED GRIOTTE AND BLEU TURQUIN MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK

19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ORMOLU AND SIENA BROCATELLE, RED GRIOTTE AND BLEU TURQUIN MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK
19TH CENTURY
Of Louis XVI style, of obelisk form, the upper section consisting of a female goddess holding a vase on clouds on a base of flower-filled baskets with entwined dolphins at the corners, above a circular white-enamelled dial with Arabic numerals, the timepiece movement with platform lever escapement, with a male god and putto on a rockwork ground, a further stepped support and a further ormolu leaf-cast and plinth base, the works inscribed '1212'
29½ in. (75 cm.) high, 8¾ in. (22.5 cm.) wide, 8¾ in. (22.5 cm.) deep

来源

with George de Batz, New York.

拍品专文

Other clocks of this unusual model are in the collections of the Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris and the Wallace Collection, London.