19th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Ceramics and Works of Art Including Property Formerly from the Palacio Ferreyra, Argentina

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Lot 203
  • 203

A fine Louis XVI style gilt bronze and white marble mantle clock Paris, circa 1890

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • height 24 1/2 in; width 27 in.; 9 in.
  • 61.6 cm; 68.6 cm; 22.8 cm
the white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, the twin train movement with the Marti seal and numbered 21586, with a further stamp MADE IN PARIS, the case cast with cloud-born putti, billing doves and arrows and a quiver all allegorical of love.  

Literature

Tardy, The Most Beautiful French Clocks, Paris, 1994, pp. 162-163 for illustrations of similar eighteenth century dial know as à la dauphine by Cotteau and Dubuisson.
Ottomeyer/Proschel, Vergoldete Bronzen I, Munich, 1986.

Catalogue Note

Please note a similar model with rouge griotte marble cast by Alfred-Emmanuel-Louis Beurdeley sold Sotheby's, New York, November 28, 2006, $108,000.