TABLE CLOCK DESIGNED AS AN OBELISK

Louis XVI, Paris ca. 1775/90. The dial signed GUYDAMOUR À PARIS (Edme-Philibert Guydamour 1756-1799).
Black and white marble with gilt bronze applications designed as trophies, drapes and with an eagle on top. White enamel dial. Parisian movement, striking the 1/2-hour on bell. Dial restored, with cracks. Losses. Gilding, in part rubbed.
24x19x59 cm.

Provenance:
Private collection, Paris.

A similar clock, signed Joseph-Marie Revel, can be found in the Petit Palais Museum, Paris.

Lit.: J.D. Augarde, Les ourvriers du temps, Antiquorum, 1996. Pierre Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la Pendule Française, l'Amateur, 1997.