A Louis XVI Two-Tone Ormolu Cartel Clock Copy

Late 18th century

In two-tone gilding, with circular enamel dial with Roman and Arabic chapters within a leaf-tip cast frame surmounted by a Classical urn with pinecone finial flanked by putti joined by berried laurel, the shaped case with fruiting cornucopiae, ending in a grape cluster finial, the movement probably replaced.

331⁄2 in. (85 cm.) high, 231⁄2 in. (60 cm.) wide

Provenance:

Acquired from Bernard Steinitz, Paris, 1993.