Lot 12
12
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK

LATE 18TH CENTURY, SIGNED POSLAINE À PARIS

Details
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK
late 18th century, signed Poslaine à Paris
The circular white enamel dial with Arabic chapters with figures of Venus and Cupid holding a dove, on a rectangular base with drapery-cast apron and hairy-paw feet, with modern electrical movement, missing an element from cresting
12¼in. (31cm.) high, 9½in. (24cm.) wide

Lot Essay

The model for this charming clock derives from a design by François Vion, reproduced in H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, 1986, Vol. I, p. 247, fig. 4.6.9. A clock of this model is illustrated, ibid, p. 247, fig. 4.6.10
Michel-François Poslaine, maître-horloger in 1787