Lot Essay
A clock of this type, from the collection of the Frst Thurn und Taxis, Regensburg is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer P. Prschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, vol. I, Munich, 1986, fig. 3.13.2, p. 196.
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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
The circular enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic chapters, inscribed 'Merra Paris', within a ribbon-tied and foliate swagged bezel surmounted by a berried finial with lotus leaf and guilloche moulded edge, the sides hung with satyr masks and entwined snakes on a gadrooned and fluted outsplayed socle with lotus leaf-tied base, on a conformingly shaped rectangular ormolu and white marble plinth, on circular feet, with winding key, later movement
20 in. (52.1 cm.) high; 10in. (25.4 cm.) wide; 8 in. (20.3 cm.) deep
The circular enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic chapters, inscribed 'Merra Paris', within a ribbon-tied and foliate swagged bezel surmounted by a berried finial with lotus leaf and guilloche moulded edge, the sides hung with satyr masks and entwined snakes on a gadrooned and fluted outsplayed socle with lotus leaf-tied base, on a conformingly shaped rectangular ormolu and white marble plinth, on circular feet, with winding key, later movement
20 in. (52.1 cm.) high; 10in. (25.4 cm.) wide; 8 in. (20.3 cm.) deep