BY ROBERT OSMOND, PARIS, CIRCA 1775

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
BY ROBERT OSMOND, PARIS, CIRCA 1775
Of architectural outline with urn finial, the stepped plinth with seated cupids to the angles, the white enamel dial with calendar ring, the twin barrel movement with later deadbeat escapement, silk suspension and countwheel strike to bell, the backplate signed ‘Philippes fecit’
18 ½ in. (47 cm.) high; 15 in. (38 cm.) wide; 5 ½ in. (14 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Robert Osmond, maître in 1746.
Influenced by the bronzier Philippe Caffiéri, Osmond was one of the first to interpret the new neo-classical style. His work was much in demand among sophisticated collectors and aristocratic patrons. As a result, his atelier flourished in the early 1760s. Assisted by his nephew Jean-Baptiste Osmond, maître-fondeur in 1764, who succeeded him on his death in 1789, the Osmonds included most of the avant-garde elite of French society amongst their clients.

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