AN EMPIRE ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK,
AN EMPIRE ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK,

EARLY 19TH CENTURY, THE VERDE ANTICO BASE LATER,

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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK,
early 19th century, the verde antico base later,
depicting Cupid holding a lute enclosing an enamel face with Roman numerals, signed Bret a Paris
16in. (41cm.) high

Lot Essay

An identical clock shown with its period base and signed Michelez a Paris is illustrated in Elke Niehuser, French Bronze Clocks, 1700-1830: A Studu of the Figural Images, Schiffer Publsihing Ltd., 1999, p. 96.

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