A CONSULAT ORMOLU AND VERT DE MER MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK

CIRCA 1800

Details

A CONSULAT ORMOLU AND VERT DE MER MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK
CIRCA 1800
Depicting a woman playing the harp, the movement apparently unsigned, the dial marked A PARIS, on later ormolu feet and probably originally with an additional marble plinth
19 ½ in. (49.5 cm.) high, 19 in. (48 cm.) wide, 6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous Sale; Christie's, New York, 25 May 1993, Lot 17.

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Lot Essay

An almost identical clock in the Palazzo Reale is illustrated in E. Colle and F. Mazzocca, Il Palazzo Reale, Milan, 2001, p. 291. Another example with purple veined marble was sold from the Property of Norvin Rinek; Christies, New York, 29 September 1999, lot 290. Another version with patinated bronze figures was sold anonymously at Christies, London, 17 April 1980, lot 130.

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