A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK

CIRCA 1780, THE ORMOLU SIGNED N. RABUT

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK
Circa 1780, the ormolu signed N. Rabut
Depicting Sculpture worshiping Love attended by Cupid and standing on an oval pedestal incorporating the circular enamelled dial with Roman chapters, with silk-suspended pendulum, on stepped oval base edged with beading on turned feet
13¾in. (35cm.) high, 10in. (25.5cm.) wide

Lot Essay

Nicolas-Joseph Rabut, maiître in 1762, is recorded at rue Michel le Comte and also referred to by Baron Ch. Davillier in his Le Cabinet du duc d'Aumont et les Amateurs de son temps, Catalogue de sa vente avec les prix..., Paris 1870, p.28. as 'Rabut', Ciseleur, et doreur, rue Neuve des Petits-Champs.