AN EMPIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRONZE AND WHITE-MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK with ciruclar glazed enamelled dial with Arabic numerals inscribed Revel. The arched case mounted with a later laurel spring above a stylised winged harp and stepped-torch mounted angles, surmounted by an entwined group of a winged cupid caressing a partly-clad Venus who is placing a floral wreath upon his head, upon a rectangular stiff-leaf moulded stepped plinth and red griotte marble bases, the movement numbered 135490

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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRONZE AND WHITE-MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK with ciruclar glazed enamelled dial with Arabic numerals inscribed Revel. The arched case mounted with a later laurel spring above a stylised winged harp and stepped-torch mounted angles, surmounted by an entwined group of a winged cupid caressing a partly-clad Venus who is placing a floral wreath upon his head, upon a rectangular stiff-leaf moulded stepped plinth and red griotte marble bases, the movement numbered 135490
181/4in. (46.5cm.) wide; 303/4in. (78cm.) high; 71/4in. (18.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The entwined figures of Cupid and Psyche are based upon the model by Claude Michallon (d.1799). Related clocks bear the signature of the marchand bronzier Pierre-Victor Ledure, working in Paris circa 1813-40

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