A Louis XVI ormolu-mounted bleu turquin marble portico clock last quarter 18th century

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Description

Philippe-Jacques Corniquet, maître in 1785, recorded working in Paris, Faubourg St. Honoré in 1789, Place Beauveau in 1804, and rue Miromesnil in 1810.
height 21 3/4 in.; width 15 1/4 in.
55 cm; 38.5 cm

the white enamelled dial inscribed Corniquet fb. St Honoré, within a drum-shaped case surmounted by the figure of Minerva flanked by fluted columns on rectangular pedestals mounted with military trophies, raised on a rectangular ormolu-mounted base and later ormolu feet.

Provenance

Fenwick Court Antiques, New York, sold, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, May 6, 1977, lot 18