A LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK
The dial signed Ridel Paris, circa 1790
The circular enamelled dial with Arabic chapter ring and seconds dial draped with a bow-knot-tied berried laurel swag within an urn-form case issuing a berried floral spray, the case flanked to each side by figures of Flora and Venus and Cupid, on a bowed rectangular base centered by a panel with frolicking Bacchic and Herculean putti, flanked to each side by polychrome-painted panels, on a black marble base and bulbous feet
25in. (63.5cm.) high, 22in. (56cm.) wide, 7in. (deep)
A LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK
The dial signed Ridel Paris, circa 1790
The circular enamelled dial with Arabic chapter ring and seconds dial draped with a bow-knot-tied berried laurel swag within an urn-form case issuing a berried floral spray, the case flanked to each side by figures of Flora and Venus and Cupid, on a bowed rectangular base centered by a panel with frolicking Bacchic and Herculean putti, flanked to each side by polychrome-painted panels, on a black marble base and bulbous feet
25in. (63.5cm.) high, 22in. (56cm.) wide, 7in. (deep)