Lot Essay
Other clocks of this unusual model are in the collections of the Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris and the Wallace Collection, London.
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19TH CENTURY
Details
A FRENCH ORMOLU AND SIENA BROCATELLE, RED GRIOTTE AND BLEU TURQUIN MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK
19TH CENTURY
Of Louis XVI style, of obelisk form, the upper section consisting of a female goddess holding a vase on clouds on a base of flower-filled baskets with entwined dolphins at the corners, above a circular white-enamelled dial with Arabic numerals, the timepiece movement with platform lever escapement, with a male god and putto on a rockwork ground, a further stepped support and a further ormolu leaf-cast and plinth base, the works inscribed '1212'
29½ in. (75 cm.) high, 8¾ in. (22.5 cm.) wide, 8¾ in. (22.5 cm.) deep
19TH CENTURY
Of Louis XVI style, of obelisk form, the upper section consisting of a female goddess holding a vase on clouds on a base of flower-filled baskets with entwined dolphins at the corners, above a circular white-enamelled dial with Arabic numerals, the timepiece movement with platform lever escapement, with a male god and putto on a rockwork ground, a further stepped support and a further ormolu leaf-cast and plinth base, the works inscribed '1212'
29½ in. (75 cm.) high, 8¾ in. (22.5 cm.) wide, 8¾ in. (22.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
with George de Batz, New York.