Lot Essay
This clock is derived from a well known Louis XV model which is depicted on the mantelpiece of the duc de Choiseuil's bedchamber in miniatures by Louis-Nicolas Van Blarenberghe (1716-94). Another clock of this model in the Elizabeth Parker Firestone collection, was sold Christie's, New York, 22-23 March 1991, lot 873. P. Kjellberg illustrates a closely related model with a bronzed figure in La Pendule Française, Paris, 1997, p. 117, ill. G.