A Directoire ormolu and gray marble mantel clock, attributed to Pierre-Philippe Thomire late 18th century, dial signed Le Paute

Sold Sotheby Parke Bernet New York, October 11, 1980, lot 44

Some small minor chips to enamel of dial at winding holes; small chips to marble at corners and edges; backplate lacking. Ormolu in good condition with some minor rubbing, surface dirt and oxidation. Side mounts to base missing and old holes to top of marble base indicated a lacking element to figural group.
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A clock of this model in the Grecian Hall at Pavlovsk Palace is illustrated Anatoly Kuchumov, Pavlovsk Palace and Park, Leningrad, 1975. This was acquired as part of the large order of French furniture and ormolu provided by a syndicate of six French dealers between June 1798 and October 1799 to furnish the Michaelovsky Palace for Paul I, Emperor of Russia (1796-1801) discussed by I. Zek in Bronzes d'ameublement et meubles français achetés par Paul 1er  pour le Chateau Saint-Michel de Saint-Pétersbourg en 1798-1799, Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire de l'Art Français, 1994. The clock was delivered October 8, 1799.