A Louis XVI ormolu "pendule au cercles tournants", Joseph-Léonard Roque, Paris, circa 1775, the case attributed to Marcel-François Noël

Property of a Swiss Private Collector

A Louis XVI ormolu "pendule au cercles tournants", Joseph-Léonard Roque, Paris, circa 1775, the case attributed to Marcel-François Noël

in the form of a boldly cast urn and cover with burnished and frosted gilding, the fluted top flanked by adorsed cockerels above enamel rings for hours and minutes, the reeded body with finely cast and chased fruiting vine swags, the base with further vine mounts, signed Roque A Paris and containing the movement, signed on the backplate as the case and punch numbered 154, with star-cut outside count wheel striking on a bell, later Brocot escapement and adjustable suspension, the plinth inset with amaranth above pierced friezes and rosettes to the concave corners

65cm. high x 29cm. wide; 25½in. x 11½in.