A LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
BY LEPAUTE, PARIS, CIRCA 1775
With lion mask handles and urn finial, the white enamel dial signed Lepaute / HGER. DU ROI, Roman hours and Arabic five minutes, the twin barrel movement with recoil anchor escapement, silk suspension and count wheel strike to bell
16 ¼ in. (41 cm.) high; 10 in. (26 cm.) wide 6 in. (15 cm.) deep
A LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
BY LEPAUTE, PARIS, CIRCA 1775
With lion mask handles and urn finial, the white enamel dial signed Lepaute / HGER. DU ROI, Roman hours and Arabic five minutes, the twin barrel movement with recoil anchor escapement, silk suspension and count wheel strike to bell
16 ¼ in. (41 cm.) high; 10 in. (26 cm.) wide 6 in. (15 cm.) deep