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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
Lot 51

A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK

JULIEN LEROY, PARIS, LATE 18TH CENTURY, THE CASE ATTRIBUTED TO ROBERT OSMOND

Closed23 March 2017

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
JULIEN LEROY, PARIS, LATE 18TH CENTURY, THE CASE ATTRIBUTED TO ROBERT OSMOND
The vase-shaped case in the goût Grec manner on a later white marble base, the enamel dial signed 'JULIEN LEROY / A PARIS', the twin barrel movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike to bell, the backplate numbered '306', later marble base
22 in. (55.9 cm.) high; 11 in. (28 cm.) wide; 7 ¾ in. (19.7 cm.) deep

Private European Collection.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Paris, 29 March 2007, lot 54.

Specialist note

This clock design is attributed to Robert Osmond. A similar clock is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer/P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen Die Bronzearbeiten des Spätbarock und Klassizismus, Klinkhardt & Biermann, Munich, 1986, p.196, fig.3.13.2.