A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK

CIRCA 1775, AFTER A DESIGN BY JEAN-CHARLES DELAFOSSE, PREVIOUSLY WITH A FURTHER MOUNT BELOW THE DIAL

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK
Circa 1775, after a design by Jean-Charles Delafosse, previously with a further mount below the dial
With an urn finial hung with drapery swags on a turned socle and a vitruvian scrolled frieze, the circular white enamel and black painted dial with Roman numerals numbering the hours and Arabic numbers for the minutes, between acanthus and pommegranite finials and ram's mask capped pilasters with a glazed aperture for the pendulum, with a guttae, acanthus and grape pendant, the pierced side panels and some finials replaced
32in. (81cm.)high, 16in. (41cm)wide

Lot Essay

This 'Goût Grecque' cartel clock corresponds to a design by the architect Jean-Charles Delafosse of circa 1770, which is now at Waddesdon Manor. This design, together with a cartel fo this model, is illustrated in H. Otto,meyer, P.Pröschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, p.182, 3.8.1 and 3.8.2. A further closely related clock is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Encyclopedie de La Pendule Francaise, Paris, 1997, p. 191, fig. C.

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