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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED WHITE AND ROUGE GRIOTTE MARBLE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK: DIANA AT REST

PARIS, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED WHITE AND ROUGE GRIOTTE MARBLE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK: DIANA AT REST
PARIS, LATE 18TH CENTURY
CASE: the naturalistic rocky case flanked by Diana with bow in hand in repose and dog on hind legs in pursuit of bird in a leafy branch with attendant snake and later salamander, on a rectangular base with quarter-round cutouts to front corners, relief panel of playful putti on later toupie feet DIAL: 5 in. diameter white enamel with outer concentric date ring, partially signed '... PARIS', engraved and pierced gilt hands, blued steel calendar hand MOVEMENT: twin barrels with anchor escapement, silk suspension and countwheel strike to bell
25½ in. (64.8 cm.) high; 18 in. (45.8 cm.) wide; 7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

This clock is a rare model depicting Diana the Huntress at rest. A clock of the same design is illustrated in Colon de Carvajal, Catalog de Relojos del Patrimonio National, Madrid, 1987, p. 88, cat. 71.
An example offered Antiquorum, Geneva, 13 November 2011, lot 477 and another offered Galerie Koller, Zurich, The Richard Redding Collection, 8 December 2011, lot 1044 (previously sold Galerie Koller, Zurich, 2 December 2010, lot 1165 and 21 September 2006, lot 1195).

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