A LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE AND BLACK SLATE MANTEL CLOCK

CIRCA 1790, THE DIAL SIGNED ANT. E. RAGUET À EU

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A LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE AND BLACK SLATE MANTEL CLOCK
Circa 1790, the dial signed Ant. E. Raguet à Eu
The circular open dial with Roman chapter ring and a calendar ring, surmounted by a biscuit porcelain figure of a Centurian, between fluted floral capped column supports with beaded, ribbon-twist and lion mask decoration, raised on pedestal bases fitted with mounts depicting trophies of war, raised on a plinth with turned tapered feet, the base to the plinth a later addition
23in. (58cm.) high, 16in. (41cm.) wide

Lot Essay

Mantel clocks of this design, with obelisks or columns flanking a suspended dial, exist in a number of versions. See, for example, those illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la Pendule Française du Moyen Age au XXe Siècle, Paris, 1997, pp. 204-205, figs. A-G.

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