Details
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
Circa 1780, the movement signed IMBERT L'AINE
In the form of Venus in her chariot attended by Cupid and a pair of doves all surrounded by billowing clouds, the circular enamelled dial with Roman chapters, with silk-suspended pendulum, the base with central relief panel of playful putti and band of interlaced hearts backed with blued steel, on turned feet, one foot lacking to back
15½in. (39.5cm.) high, 14½in. (37cm.) wide
Provenance
E.M. Hodgkins, bought Christie's London, 7 June 1928, Lot 52 (400 guineas)
Count Dayqueivef, near Toulouse
Literature
Christie's Review of the Season, 1928.
W. Edey, French Clocks, 1967, p. 71.
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