Lot Essay
An identical clock, signed Lepaute was sold at Christie's Monaco, 7 December, 1985 for FF280,000
À PARIS, CIRCA 1795, ATTRIBUTED TO LEPAUTE
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A DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU MONTH-GOING STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK WITH MOONPHASE
à paris, circa 1795, attributed to Lepaute
The glazed case with breakarch top with pineapple finials and beaded and gadrooned border, with fluted pilasters to the angles and tassel-hung drapery swag below the dial, the stepped rectangular base with recessed panels with running anthemion mounts, the white enamel Arabic dial inscribed à Paris with pierced gilt-metal criss-cross hands and blued steel pointers, with rolling moonphase and day of the week ring to the center, zodiacal symbols painted below, with outside calendar ring, the twin barrel movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike on bell
16¼in. (41cm.) high
à paris, circa 1795, attributed to Lepaute
The glazed case with breakarch top with pineapple finials and beaded and gadrooned border, with fluted pilasters to the angles and tassel-hung drapery swag below the dial, the stepped rectangular base with recessed panels with running anthemion mounts, the white enamel Arabic dial inscribed à Paris with pierced gilt-metal criss-cross hands and blued steel pointers, with rolling moonphase and day of the week ring to the center, zodiacal symbols painted below, with outside calendar ring, the twin barrel movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike on bell
16¼in. (41cm.) high