Lot 268
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A RÉGENCE STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY MANTEL CLOCK

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A RÉGENCE STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY MANTEL CLOCK

THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

The gilt bronze and enamel dial housed within a shaped case with an open central compartment and glazed sides, the angles mounted with Harpy supports ending in scrolling feet, surmounted by a figure of father time, raised on a conforming base, panelled on the interior with 'boulle' marquetry, the whole fitted with ormolu masks, scrolls and garlands
46.75in. (118.7cm.) tall, 21in. (53.3cm.) wide, 9in. (22.8cm.) deep

Lot Essay

This clock is a model of the Pendule aux Harpies by A.-C. Boulle and was derived from a print by Jean Bérain which is now in the Cabinet des Estampes, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. The model is discussed by H. Ottomeyer & P. Pröschel, in Vergoldete Bronzen 1986 vol. II, pp. 485-488, fig. 156 and is illustrated in Tardy's La Pendule Française, Paris, 3rd edn., n.d., p. 307, figs. 504 and 505