A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED PATINATED BRONZE AND ROUGE GRIOTTE MARBLE FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK

OF EMPIRE STYLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED PATINATED BRONZE AND ROUGE GRIOTTE MARBLE FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK
OF EMPIRE STYLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
CASE: the drum shaped case surmounted by a seated figure of Cleopatra besides a flaming torchère, on panelled base fronted by relief-cast neoclassical figures amidst scrolls, supported on four mythical sea horses atop a rouge griotte marble plinth on toupie feet DIAL: white enamel with pierced gilt hands MOVEMENT: twin-barrels with platform lever escapement and rack strike to bell
18½ in. (47 cm.) high; 20½ in. (52 cm.) wide; 7 in. (18 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The present clock is based on one in the collection of the White House, with the movement signed by Robin. Robert Robin (1742-1799) was a well-known horloger at the end of the 18th century, who had his workshop in the Louvre. He supplied several clocks for Louis XVI and the Menus Plaisirs and after the Revolution, he became Horloger du Directoire. Another similar example can be found in the French Mobilier National.

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