CIRCA 1880
Details
A Louis XVI-style ormolu and verde antico marble orbit clock on pedestal
Circa 1880
The clock as a tapering vase with a pair of entwined serpent handles, with a cherub at the foot pointing his arrow at the hour, on a stepped square base inset on each side with a relief depicting scenes emblematic of painting and sculpture, on a square plinth inset with laurel frieze and on toupie feet, on a square pedestal with stepped top supported on four columns with arrow feather capitals, on stepped square base
Overall: 78in. (199.5cm.) high
Circa 1880
The clock as a tapering vase with a pair of entwined serpent handles, with a cherub at the foot pointing his arrow at the hour, on a stepped square base inset on each side with a relief depicting scenes emblematic of painting and sculpture, on a square plinth inset with laurel frieze and on toupie feet, on a square pedestal with stepped top supported on four columns with arrow feather capitals, on stepped square base
Overall: 78in. (199.5cm.) high