A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU, BLUED AND SILVERED METAL AND BLEU TURQUIN MARBLE PENDULE A CERCLES TOURNANTS, BY LEPAUTE, PARIS, DATED 1780

A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU, BLUED AND SILVERED METAL AND BLEU TURQUIN MARBLE PENDULE A CERCLES TOURNANTS
BY LEPAUTE, PARIS, DATED 1780
With an engraved terrestrial globe, with revolving equator set with enameled Roman numerals and Arabic seconds and held within starred drapery swags and clouds supported by two putti emblematic of Day and Night, one holding a pointer to the diaI resting on a fluted column with floral garlands, square plinth with guilloche border inscribed LEPAUTE, the marble signed LEPAUTE HGR, the movement signed LEPAUTE HGR DU ROI 1780
14 ¼ in. (36.5 cm.) high, 5 ¾ in. (14.5 cm.) diameter

Provenance

Property from the Collection of James Seligman; Christie's, New York, 21 October 2005, lot 383.