A Louis-Philippe ormolu and patinated bronze mantle clock of Cupid and Psyche
A Louis-Philippe ormolu and patinated bronze mantle clock of Cupid and Psyche

AFTER CLAUDE MICHALLON, CIRCA 1840

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A Louis-Philippe ormolu and patinated bronze mantle clock of Cupid and Psyche
After Claude Michallon, Circa 1840
Centred by a circular white enamel dial flanked by Psyche crowning Cupid, the mechanism stamped L. Moinet Paris, the twin-train movement with countwheel strike, above a panel depicting Cupid and Psyche on a spreading rectangular base with palmette border, on palmette feet
27 in. (68.5 cm.) high

拍品專文

Claude Michallon designed this model circa 1805. In 1816, Feuchre was making "une pendule de Psich couronnant l'Amour, groupe model par feu Michalon".