Lot 20
20
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
Property of an Estate near Düsseldorf (lots 1-52)
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK

LIEUTAUD, PARIS, CIRCA 1780

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
LIEUTAUD, PARIS, CIRCA 1780
CASE: the drum case on fluted column support and surmounted by an urn finial, flanked by a figure of Urania to one side, with globe, books, a laurel wreath and telescope to the other, the plinth with foliage and wave frieze, the base pierced with scrolling foliage DIAL: the white enamel dial with Roman hours, Arabic five minutes, signed Lieutaud A PARIS, pierced gilt-brass hands MOVEMENT: twin barrel movement with silk suspension and count wheel strike to bell, with pendulum; winding key
23 in. (58.4 cm.) high; 17½ in. (44.4 cm.) wide; 9¾ in. (24.7 cm.) deep

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Comparable examples are illustrated in H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, p. 166, no. 3.4.3, and in R.Mühe and H. M. Vogel Alte Uhren, Munich, 1976, p. 108, no. 137

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