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Lot 125
  • 125

A Directoire ormolu and marble mantel clock, "L'Astronomie" circa 1800

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Description

  • height 14 1/2 in.; width 12in.
  • 37cm; 30.5cm.
the white enamel dial and striking movement with pull repeat, contained within a shaped ormolu case cast with a putto and a telescope, surmounted by a female figure seated at a later globe, raised on a marble base and shaped ormolu feet.

Catalogue Note

An almost identical clock is illustrated, Tardy, La Pendule Française, Paris, 1981, 5th Ed., Vol. II, p. 214, pl. LIV.