A Louis XVI style ormolu and white marble mantel clock

AFTER A MODEL BY FRANÇOIS RÉMOND, CIRCA 1880

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A Louis XVI style ormolu and white marble mantel clock
After a model by François Rémond, Circa 1880
An eagle surmount above the circular, glass-enclosed, enamelled dial with Arabic chapters and twin-train movement, on a spreading base decorated with a relief plaque depicitng putti, flanked by seated figures emblematic of the Arts, over a breakfront shaped plinth applied with scrolling foliage, classical masks, and winged putti, on pad feet, the dial inscribed CRONIER/A PARIS
20¾in. (52.8cm.) high; 26in. (66cm.) wide

Lot Essay

This model of clock follows almost identically a drawing attributed to the bronzier François Rémond (maître 1774), illustrated in H. Ottomeyer/P. Pröschel et al, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 295, pl. 4.17.5. A number of examples of this clock exist, and there are variations to the models, including the reading figures being in biscuit porcelain and patinated-bronze, in addition to the gilt-bronze found on this example. Another example with gilt-bronze figures, dating from 1785, is illustrated in op. cit., p. 295, pl. 4.17.6. Other examples of the model are in the collections of H. M. the Queen, the Château de Versailles and Castle Stockholm (see op. cit., p. 295).

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