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A FRENCH ORMOLU AND FLEUR DE PECHE MARBLE STRIKING VASE CLOCK, 'PENDULE A CERCLES TOURNANTS'
A FRENCH ORMOLU AND FLEUR DE PECHE MARBLE STRIKING VASE CLOCK, 'PENDULE A CERCLES TOURNANTS'
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A FRENCH ORMOLU AND FLEUR DE PECHE MARBLE STRIKING VASE CLOCK, 'PENDULE A CERCLES TOURNANTS'

OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, DUFAUD, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ORMOLU AND FLEUR DE PECHE MARBLE STRIKING VASE CLOCK, 'PENDULE A CERCLES TOURNANTS'
OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, DUFAUD, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
CASE: of vase form with cone finial and entwined serpent handles flanked by a standing figure of Cupid with outstretched hand with arrow indicating the time, a Roman helmet, mask and torch at base, the plinth with relief panels, on a stepped conforming base with berried ribbon mounts and engine-turned feet DIAL: the twin revolving chapter discs with enamel plaques and blued-steel arrow hand MOVEMENT: twin barrels with platform cylinder escapement and countwheel strike to bell, the back plate stamped '1581' and 'DUFAUD PARIS'
33¼ in. (84.5 cm.) high; 11 in. (28 cm.) square base

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Lot Essay

Dufaud is recorded as working at Rue de Saintonge in 1870 (Tardy, Dictionnaire des Horlogers Français, Paris, p. 197). For examples illustrating the same model, see Tardy, French Clocks-The World Over, Vol. II, Paris, 1981, p. 90 and E. Niehüser, French Bronze Clocks, 1700-1830, Atglen, 1999, p. 262, no. 1300.

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