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A large French Louis XVI period ormolu and verde marble clock,…
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Sydney
Date:
2-Dec-2019
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A large French Louis XVI period ormolu and verde marble clock, signed 'Revel a Paris' for the master horologer Joseph-Marie Revel (1775-1811). With exceptional gilt bronze mounts, the drumshaped case below and eagle against which are two classical figures representing reading and writing, with a central plaque of a woman and putti at a torchiene, mounts of sphinxes and roundels with the head of Hermes. French, Louis XVI. 53 x 65 x 15 cm
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Horology (Clocks & watches): Clocks - Figural