A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK by Portelette, the circular glazed enamel dial with both Roman and Arabic numerals signed CHLES. DU TERTRE/A PARIS, the vine-swagged drum surmounted by a fruiting finial flanked by a satyr and a faun, the former seated upon a column, the latter leaning upon an upturned jug, on a serpentine-fronted ribbon twist plinth with guilloche panels and ring-turned feet, engraved to the reverse PORTELETTE

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK by Portelette, the circular glazed enamel dial with both Roman and Arabic numerals signed CHLES. DU TERTRE/A PARIS, the vine-swagged drum surmounted by a fruiting finial flanked by a satyr and a faun, the former seated upon a column, the latter leaning upon an upturned jug, on a serpentine-fronted ribbon twist plinth with guilloche panels and ring-turned feet, engraved to the reverse PORTELETTE
13in. (33cm.) wide; 9 1/2 in. (24cm.) high

Lot Essay

Possibly Charles-Etienne Potellet, bronzier et fondeur ciseleur, maître in 1776, or Etienne Portelet, appointed juré in 1752.
Charles Dutertre, maître in 1758

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