A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN LYRE CLOCK WITH SKELETONISED MOVEMENT

A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN LYRE CLOCK WITH SKELETONISED MOVEMENT
BY DUBOS, PARIS, CIRCA 1780, BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARK
CASE: the case with sunburst Apollo mask cresting, beaded borders and draped swags with flowers, fruit and foliage DIAL: the white enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic minutes and calendar, signed 'DUBOS A PARIS', pierced gilt hands MOVEMENT: the skeleton movement with twin barrels, pinwheel escapement and countwheel strike on bell, with bimetalic suspension to the paste gem encrusted beaded pendulum
23½ in. (59.6 cm.) high; 11 in. (28 cm.) wide; 6¼ in. (16 cm.) deep