AN FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRONZE AND MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK

19TH CENTURY

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AN FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRONZE AND MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK
19th Century
With Apollo holding a lyre and staff, and Venus attended by winged putti, on a cipollino stepped marble plinth, above a laurel wreath with Roman chapters and two concealed winding holes, centred by a cupid, flanked by scrolling acanthus, above a spreading foliate border and on a plinth base, the movement stamped to the reverse, medaille d'argent Vincent & Cie, one putto with a wing off, the reverse of the clock lacking door, with winder and pendulum
27¼ in. (69 cm.) high; 29 in. (75.5 cm.) wide; 9½ in. (24 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The clock celebrates the triumph of lyric poetry, with Cupid indicating the hours in Apollo's laurel-wreath set amongst flowered acanthus on the stepped 'altar' clock. The torch-bearing Sun diety displays his lyre as leader of artistic inspiration, and is attended by a ewer-bearing youth, symbolic of dawn; while his shrouded companion Urania, symbolises Night and is attended by an owl and youth with inverted torch.

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