Louis XVI Ormolu and Marble Mantel Clock

Louis XVI Ormolu and Marble Mantel Clock
Circa 1780
The circular white enamel face within a shaped case with drapery lambrequin and supporting an obelisk inset with a relief plaque of classical maidens supporting Cupid on a globe, the sides with trailing fruit and foliage and surmounted by an armillary sphere finial, flanked by standing classical female figures on bowfronted plinths and raised on a plinth inset with a relief plaque of putti at play, raised on toupie feet. Height 24 inches (61 cm), width 13 inches (33 cm), depth 5 inches (12.7 cm).

C Property of a Private Collector, London, Fifth Avenue and Southampton, New York