A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE STRIKING LYRE MANTEL CLOCK
Lot 13 Property of an Estate near Düsseldorf (lots 1-52)

A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE STRIKING LYRE MANTEL CLOCK

CIRCA 1790

Closed2 October 2013

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GBP 12,500

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE STRIKING LYRE MANTEL CLOCK
CIRCA 1790
CASE: the lyre-shaped case with espagnolette sunburst mask to top, the frame with foliate swag and inner beaded border, flanked by eagle heads suspending bells, and olive branches to lower section, on white marble oval base DIAL: the skeletonised dial with sunburst and paste-set border, white enamel chapter ring with Roman hours and Arabic quarters, pierced gilt-brass hands MOVEMENT: twin-barrel swinging movement with a pin wheel escapement and count wheel strike to bell
26 in. (66 cm.) high; 11 in. (28 cm.) wide; 5 in. (12.7 cm.) deep

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, p. 252 and in P. Kjellberg, L'Encyclopédie de La Pendule Française, Paris, 1997, p. 225 for comparable designs.