A Louis XVI ormolu mantel clock circa 1780

the white enamelled dial signed Leblond à Paris contained within a fluted case, surmounted by a putto seated on cloud banks, flanked by pendant fruiting garlands raised on a shaped base, cast with guilloche.

In overall very good condition. MInor marks, casting flaws, minor traces of oxidation. In otherwise good condition.
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This clock, emblematic of 'l'Amour vainqeur du Temps'  is inspired by a design in the Bibliothèque de l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris.  A comparable example stamped by the maître fondeur-doreur Michel Poisson, sold, Christie's, London, June 11, 1998, lot 31.  An identical example incorporating a white marble case, is illustrated, P. Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la pendule Française, Paris, 1997, p. 176, fig. B.