A LOUIS XV GILT-BRONZE AND PORCELAIN MOUNTED MANTEL CLOCK, CIRCA 1745 AND LATER

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A LOUIS XV GILT-BRONZE AND PORCELAIN MOUNTED MANTEL CLOCK, CIRCA 1745 AND LATER

later 5½-inch enamel dial signed Autray à Paris, asymmetric winding holes, the movement with five baluster pillars, anchor escapement with silk suspension, short pendulum with curved bob, numbered outside count wheel striking on a bell, signed on the backplate Etienne LeNoir A Paris, the scroll-shaped case with eleven associated Meissen porcelain figures, including the group 'Spanish Lovers' modelled by Kändler, circa 1740; three Commedia dell'Arte figures, Dottore Boloardo modelled by Peter Reinicke and Kändler, Scaramouche and dancing Harlequine, circa 1743-44; a figure of Scaramouche with a hound, circa 1750; three putti figures on plinths from the four seasons, representing Summer, Autumn and Winter, circa 1745; an allegorical figure of Hope, a female with a bird on her lap, circa 1745-50; a model of a pug resting on its haunches, circa 1750; and a classical figure with Janus head, circa 1750; and two Chelsea porcelain figures, of a pilgrim and companion, circa 1760; the whole enriched with porcelain flowerheads, 18th century, with crowned 'C' mark

66cm. high, 51cm. wide; 2ft. 2in., 1ft. 8in.