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PROPERTY BELONGING TO MANHEIM GALLERIES, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
A LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU, PATINATED-BRONZE AND RED GRIOTTE MARBLE MANTLE CLOCK
CIRCA 1785, SIGNED À PARIS, ONE URN TO THE BASE IS REPLACED
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A LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU, PATINATED-BRONZE AND RED GRIOTTE MARBLE MANTLE CLOCK
Circa 1785, signed à Paris, one urn to the base is replaced
Depicting a putto pouring liquid into bowls held by two figures of Pan, one with a flute, the other with a horn, the putti sitting atop a white enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic chapter ring, signed à Paris, and pierced scrolled hands within a beaded drum case, on an oval base set with lions eating from an urn and grapes and leaves, on toupie feet, lacking the glass to the front
20½in. (52cm.) high, 15½in. (39.5cm.) wide, 5½in. (14cm.) deep
Circa 1785, signed à Paris, one urn to the base is replaced
Depicting a putto pouring liquid into bowls held by two figures of Pan, one with a flute, the other with a horn, the putti sitting atop a white enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic chapter ring, signed à Paris, and pierced scrolled hands within a beaded drum case, on an oval base set with lions eating from an urn and grapes and leaves, on toupie feet, lacking the glass to the front
20½in. (52cm.) high, 15½in. (39.5cm.) wide, 5½in. (14cm.) deep