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A late Louis XVI bronze ormolu and marmo verde antico mantel clock, after a design by Francois Remond
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A late Louis XVI bronze ormolu and marmo verde antico mantel clock, after a design by Francois Remond

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A late Louis XVI bronze ormolu and marmo verde antico mantel clock, after a design by Francois Remond
The drum-shaped case surmounted by an eagle with outspread wings perched on a thunder-bolt, the white enamel Roman and Arabic dial signed T.H. Le Roy a Paris, flanked by male and female classically draped figures shown reading personifying literature, the plinth with winged sphinx and Mercury masks, the twin-train movement with countwheel striking a bell
25½in. (65cm.) wide
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Comparable clocks attributed to the design of Francois Remond are illustrated in Hans Ottomeyer's and Peter Pröschel's Vergoldete Bronzen, Klinkhardt and Biermann, Mnchen. Volume 1, page 295, figures 4.17.5 and 4.17.6.

A further clock of similar design is illustrated in Tardy, Les Plus Belles Pendules Fracaises, page 21.