Pendule aux sphinges à cercles tournants en bronze doré et marbre blanc d’époque Louis XVI, vers 1790

la borne en forme de pyramide, surmontée de deux sphinges opposés supportant un vase fleuri, la façade onée d'une plaque symbolisant le Sacrifice à l'Amour, guirlandes de fleurs et tournesols, reposant sur une base rectangulaire ornée de feuilles d'acanthe et de pieds en griffe de lion

Illustration is accurate. The marble with very minor chips to the edges, few stains. The gilt bronze with a fine chasing. On the plaque which frames the enamelled numbers, the bronze is worn and the gilding party gone; One patched restoration on the right side. Just beside 2 screw probably replaced. The hours dial with minor cracks, hair line. Overall condition is fine.
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Une pendule de ce modèle, avec le cadran émaillé en bleu a été vendue par l'étude Ader à Paris en 1962, elle est reproduite dans Tardy, La pendule française des origines à nos jour, II, 1975 (1949), p. 359, fig. 1.