Mantel clock - Orange à Versailles - Louis XVI - Gilt bronze, Marble - 1790

Very beautiful so-called portico clock From the Louis XVI period circa 1790, in chiseled gilded bronze and white marble. The damping is formed by a simulated urn with detached handles and set in seed, the movement is supported by two pilasters punctuated with foliage, quivers and crowns, and decorated with two oval medallions in bisque called "Wedgwood".
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Below the movement are two intersecting thyrsos and vine garlands framing a Wedgwood medallion. The quadrangular base with rosette beads rests on gilded bronze spinning top feet.
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The enameled dial is in good condition and signed "Orange à Versailles". This dial indicates the hours and minutes in increments of fifteen.
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This sumptuous clock magnificently characterizes French know-how as well as the return of what under Louis XVI was called great taste, that is to say a return to a classical repertoire through these numerous chiseled gilded bronzes, composed of classicizing motifs. , such as quivers, seed, and urns.
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This beautiful clock works and will delight a collector.
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The shipment will be careful and insured, good bidding to all.
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