Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Polychrome-Painted White Marble Mantel Clock
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Description
The floral-painted white enamel circular dial with Arabic chapters and central aperture showing the phases of the moon within a drum case and surmounted by trailing floral swag on a flaring fluted stem, flanked by female nymphs seated on a trellis-painted concave panel, a standing putto figure to the right, the rectangular base with bowfronted central relief plaque depicting frolicking putti flanked by polychrome panels of flower-filled baskets, on turned feet.
Height 27 1/2 in. (69.3 cm), width 24 in. (61 cm), depth 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Provenance:Christie's, New York, Segoura, October 19, 2006, lot 29.
Notes:Jean-François Debelle, recorded on the rue Saint-Honoré, Paris, 1787-1800.
An identical clock of smaller size but without the Debelle signature was sold, Christie's, Paris, December 19, 2007, lot 443.
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