A LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE PENDULE A CERCLE TOURNANT

CIRCA 1785, THE MOVEMENT SIGNED DAVID FRED C DU BOIS A PARIS

Details

A LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE PENDULE A CERCLE TOURNANT
Circa 1785, the movement signed David Fred C Du Bois a Paris
In the form of a chinoiserie pagoda surmounted by a seated chinaman with parasol, the movement with twin going barrels and strike on bell, verge escapement, inscribed 1975, the pagoda supported by palm trees and vine leaf-wrapped columns, the base with a biscuit figure of Cupid
21in. (53cm.) high

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's New York, 6 May 1977, lot 24

Lot Essay

Related clocks in the form of a "Temple of Love" are illustrated in Tardy, La Pendule Franaise, 1949, vol. II, pp. 286-7. One surmounted by a chinoiserie figure, as on this example, is in the Kunstindustrimuseet, Copenhagen.