A FRENCH ORMOLU AND BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK

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A FRENCH ORMOLU AND BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK
In the Louis XV style, third quarter 19th Century

The drum-shaped case surmounted by a seated girl, the enamel dial inscribed Dutertre A Paris, with roman chapters and arabic five minute divisions, the twin train movement stamped Etienne Maxaut, Paris, striking on a bell, supported on a bull with a maiden and a cherub, on a naturalistic base with pierced foot
22in. (56cm.) high

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The present version is a copy of the model designed in the 1750s. A clock, the case signed ST. GERMAIN, once at Chateau St. Cloud, later moved to the Tuilleries, is now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (see H. Ottomeyer & P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, page 125, No. 2.8.8).

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