BEAUTIFUL Louis XVI-era PORCH CLOCK in white marble and gild - Lot 141

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BEAUTIFUL Louis XVI-era PORCH CLOCK in white marble and gild - Lot 141
BEAUTIFUL Louis XVI-era PORCH CLOCK in white marble and gilded bronze, decorated with pearl moldings, rosettes, wreaths of flowers, flaming torches, and cornucopias The white enamel dial, signed “BICHON” in Moulina (Moulins), features Arabic numerals for the hours and dotted marks for the minutes, framed by floral drapery and trimmings Suspension movement complete with its gong and sun-shaped pendulum, apparently in working condition (not guaranteed) The shock absorber is decorated with an antique floral vase; the base is adorned with two bas-reliefs featuring vine scrolls and rests on six spindle-shaped feet 52 x 34 x 9 cm (the dial glass is missing) Provenance | Collection of Henri Dupuy de Lôme for his estate in the Var, then passed down through the family Biography | Stanislas Henri Laurent Dupuy de Lôme Engineer in the French Navy (Ploemeur 1816–Paris 1885). He built the first steamship, the Napoléon (1850), and the first armored frigate, the Gloire (1858), which served as a model for the navy of the Second Empire. Member of the Council of State and deputy for Morbihan. In 1870, he managed to get sixty airships out of besieged Paris. He had been a member of the Academy of Sciences since 1866.
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