An Empire ormolu and green marble mantel clock "Au char de l'amour"

BY LE ROY, PALAIS ROYAL

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An Empire ormolu and green marble mantel clock "Au char de l'amour"
By Le Roy, Palais Royal
The case in the form of a chariot drawn by two horses and surmounted by a winged Cupid, the chariot wheel containing the circular white enamelled Roman dial signed Le Roy/P. Royal with moon hands, the twin-going barrel movement with silk-suspended pendulum and outside countwheel strike on one bell, above the rectangular stepped base mounted with armorial trophies, on claw feet, minor damages
39cm. high x 46cm. wide x 13cm. deep

Lot Essay

A virtually identical mantel clock is illustrated in Pierre Kjellberg, Encyclopdie de La Pendule Franaise, Paris, 1997, p. 417.

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