A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
GILLES BAUVE, PARIS, CIRCA 1775
The drum case headed by a winged cupid with garland flanked by draped curtains, one end held up by a standing cherub above a couch with sleeping partially draped figure of Venus, white enamel dial with pierced and paste-gem decorated hands signed 'Bauve A PARIS', twin barrels with recoil anchor escapement, silk suspension and countwheel strike to bell, back plate signed 'Bauve A Paris'; with pendulum and winding key
16½ in. (42 cm.) high; 12 in. (30.5 cm.) wide; 7 in. (17.8 cm.) deep
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
GILLES BAUVE, PARIS, CIRCA 1775
The drum case headed by a winged cupid with garland flanked by draped curtains, one end held up by a standing cherub above a couch with sleeping partially draped figure of Venus, white enamel dial with pierced and paste-gem decorated hands signed 'Bauve A PARIS', twin barrels with recoil anchor escapement, silk suspension and countwheel strike to bell, back plate signed 'Bauve A Paris'; with pendulum and winding key
16½ in. (42 cm.) high; 12 in. (30.5 cm.) wide; 7 in. (17.8 cm.) deep
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