Live Auction 6258Mount Congreve: The London Sale
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
Lot 22

A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK

CIRCA 1780, IN THE MANNER OF LOUIS PRIEUR

Closed23 May 2012

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GBP 8,125

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
CIRCA 1780, IN THE MANNER OF LOUIS PRIEUR
CASE: the pedestal-shaped case flanked by figures of Venus and Cupid, on a plinth base edged with laurel, on beaded toupie feet DIAL: associated, the enamel dial inscribed 'Lepaute/HGER DU ROI', MOVEMENT: associated, the twin barrel movement with strike on bell, outside countwheel and later Brocot type pendulum suspension and regulation, later winding key
14¾ in. (37.5 cm.) high; 11¾ in. (29.2 cm.) wide; 4¾ in. (12 cm.) deep

Possibly the Earls of Carrick, Mount Juliet, Kilkenny, until 1914 when the house was sold to
The McCalmont family, Mount Juliet, Kilkenny, sold Sotheby's house sale, 20 October 1987, lot 114.

Specialist note

A clock of the same composition, though with Cupid holding a ewer which Venus uses to wash (now lacking in the present example) is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel et. al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 245, fig. 4.6.5 (Berlin, Private Collection).