A Louis XVI ormolu and patinated bronze mantel clock circa 1770, the dial signed Gol. Le Roi a Paris

The dial with minor chips, scracthes and surface dirt to enamel. Door slightly loose. Ormolu with rubbing, particularly to base, some oxidation and surface dirt. Patinated bronze with some rubbing. In good condition.
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For a clock of this model, but with the female figure's book and the putto's sundial executed in patinated bronze, from the collection of Mrs. A. Hamilton Rice, see Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, October 22-23, 1965, lot 51.