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A DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE CLOCK
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A DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE CLOCK

CIRCA 1795

Fermé10 April 2018

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A DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE CLOCK
CIRCA 1795
With addorsed sphinxes above a classical scene on a stepped marble base, the works stamped M
23 in. (58.5 cm.) high, 14 ¼ in. (36 cm.) wide, 7 ½ in. (19 cm.) deep

Acquired from La Pendulerie, Paris, October 2000.

Note du spécialiste

A similar model with a smaller base is illustrated in Tardy, La Pendule Francaise: Des Origines A Nos Jours, vol. 2, Paris, p. 359, and another with different feet is illustrated in E. Niehüser, French Bronze Clocks, 1700-1830, Munich, 1999, p. 249, no. 1079.