Lot Essay
This clock is based on an 18th century model by Thomire. A similar example by Thomire, with a griotte marble base, can be seen at the Louvre.
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AFTER A MODEL BY PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, RETAILED BY THEODORE STARR, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1890
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A Louis XVI style ormolu, patinated bronze and white marble mantel clock
After a model by Pierre-Philippe Thomire, Retailed by Theodore Starr, New York, Circa 1890
Surmounted by a cymbal playing cloudbourne putto above the drum clockcase set with a white enamelled circular dial with Arabic chapters and twin-train movement, signed Theodore B. Starr, Inc., flanked to each side by a trumpeting satyr putto, on a shaped base applied with a basket of fruit and sphinxes, on toupie feet
23¼ in. (59 cm.) high; 26½ in. (67.3 cm.) wide; 7 5/8 in. (19.3 cm.) deep
After a model by Pierre-Philippe Thomire, Retailed by Theodore Starr, New York, Circa 1890
Surmounted by a cymbal playing cloudbourne putto above the drum clockcase set with a white enamelled circular dial with Arabic chapters and twin-train movement, signed Theodore B. Starr, Inc., flanked to each side by a trumpeting satyr putto, on a shaped base applied with a basket of fruit and sphinxes, on toupie feet
23¼ in. (59 cm.) high; 26½ in. (67.3 cm.) wide; 7 5/8 in. (19.3 cm.) deep