A Louis XVI gilt-bronze and white marble lyre mantel clock, Louis-Michel Harel, Paris, circa 1790

Property of a distinguished Italian collector

A Louis XVI gilt-bronze and white marble lyre mantel clock, Louis-Michel Harel, Paris, circa 1790

4-inch enamel dial with finely pierced and engraved trellis hands, the swinging movement acting as the pendulum, anchor escapement, rack striking on a bell, the cadrature mounted on the backplate, the backplate signed and numbered L M Harel A Paris, 5377, suspended via a seven bar brass and steel grid from a knife-edge suspension, the lyre case with sunburst mask surmount, the oval base on toupie feet; together with a modern glazed stand

Clock 55cm. 21¾in. high; Stand and Cover 57.5cm. 22¾in. high