A Louis XVI style ormolu, patinated bronze and white marble mantel clock

AFTER THE MODEL ATTRIBUTED TO FRANÇOIS RÉMOND, CIRCA 1880

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A Louis XVI style ormolu, patinated bronze and white marble mantel clock
After the model attributed to François Rémond, Circa 1880
The drum-shaped case surmounted by a spread-winged eagle, the enamel dial signed Collin/A PARIS, above a tablet cast in relief with maidens and putti before a sacrificial altar, flanked by a male and female, he with a writing tablet, she with a book, on a shaped oblong base inset with relief tablets depicting music-making cloudborne putti, on gadrooned and fluted tapering feet
22¾in. (57.8cm.) high; 26¾in. (68cm.) wide; 6¾in. (17.2cm.) deep

Lot Essay

For a drawing of this model clock, attributed to the bronzier François Rémond (maître 1774), see H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 295, pl. 4.17.5. Variations of the model exist, including examples with gilt-bronze figures (see op. cit., p. 295, pl. 4.17.6) and others with figures in biscuit porcelain. A 19th century example of the former was sold in these rooms, 10 October 2001, lot 381 ($10,500).

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