Lot Essay
For a Louis XVI example of this model clock, signed by the horloger Millot, see P. Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la Pendule française du Moyen Age au XXesiècle , Paris, 1997, p. 285, pl. E.
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. AND MRS. ALEXANDER SAUNDERSON
A Louis XVI style ormolu and Sevres porcelain clock 'a cercle tournante'
THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A Louis XVI style ormolu and Sevres porcelain clock 'a cercle tournante'
Third quarter 19th Century
Modelled as a serpent-entwined urn with pinecone finial, the rotating ring dials with Roman and Arabic chapters, on a Vitruvian scrolled base, above a plinth set with turquoise-ground plaques painted with trophies and figures, the reverse inscribed with spurious interlaced 'L's for Sèvres and various letters
21½ in. (50.5 cm.) high; 10¼ in. (26 cm.) wide
Third quarter 19th Century
Modelled as a serpent-entwined urn with pinecone finial, the rotating ring dials with Roman and Arabic chapters, on a Vitruvian scrolled base, above a plinth set with turquoise-ground plaques painted with trophies and figures, the reverse inscribed with spurious interlaced 'L's for Sèvres and various letters
21½ in. (50.5 cm.) high; 10¼ in. (26 cm.) wide