A Louis XVI style Gilt-Bronze, tole and alabaster Rotary clock French, circa 1880-85

modelled with the three graces supporting a sphere with Roman and Arabic chapters surmounted by Cupid, raised on a circular plinth mounted with foliate acanthus scrolled brackets and centered by trophies on a canted convex square base.

Overall good condition. The blue painted tole clock case with some areas of overpainting and some cracquelure. Areas of dirt, minor wear and scratches to the gilt-bronze. Some minor wear to the alabaster consistent with age and use.
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Although no mark  HD has yet been found, on the bases of its quality of execution an attribution to Henry Dasson is highly probable. The present model a copy of a pendule à cercles tournants designed by Vion with movement by Le Paute, now at the Palais de Fontainebleau.