A DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY, PATINATED-BRONZE AND PORCELAIN MANTEL CLOCK
A DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY, PATINATED-BRONZE AND PORCELAIN MANTEL CLOCK

CIRCA 1795, POSSIBLY PART OF A LARGER PIECE OF FURNITURE SUCH AS A CARTONNIER, THE BRONZE FIGURES LATE 18TH/FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY AND POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED

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A DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY, PATINATED-BRONZE AND PORCELAIN MANTEL CLOCK
CIRCA 1795, POSSIBLY PART OF A LARGER PIECE OF FURNITURE SUCH AS A CARTONNIER, THE BRONZE FIGURES LATE 18TH/FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY AND POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED
The dial signed Rouviere A PARIS within a square case mounted with a musical trophy and flanked by fully sculpted figures emblematic of Music, the reverses signed HOUDON. F. 1785, the arched base with porcelain plaques raised on a marble plinth and bun feet
17 ¼ in. (44 cm.) high, 18 ½ in. (47 cm.) wide, 7 in. (18 cm.) deep
Provenance
Acquired from Steinitz, Paris, 1985.

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