Beschreibung:

A LOUIS XV ORMOLU STRIKING PENDULE A CERCLES TOURNANTS 'CLIO ACCOMPAGNEE DE GENIE DU TEMPS'
LEPAUTE, CIRCA 1770, THE FIGURES AFTER JEAN-ANTOINE HOUDON THE COMPOSITION BY CHARLES DE WAILLY
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU STRIKING PENDULE A CERCLES TOURNANTS 'CLIO ACCOMPAGNEE DE GENIE DU TEMPS' LEPAUTE, CIRCA 1770, THE FIGURES AFTER JEAN-ANTOINE HOUDON THE COMPOSITION BY CHARLES DE WAILLY CASE: the clock case modelled as a globe engraved with Continents and countries on a waisted square section socle and pedestal with guilloché border to a hinged door to movement, signed to the base 'LEPAUTE A PARIS', flanked by the classically draped standing figure of the Muse Clio with berried laurel garland and holding a stylus as the Reader of Time, a putto with scythe standing astride classical architectural fragments, the stepped plinth with acanthus border and engraved 19th century inscription to the front Présent fait à Mr. Chuppin de Germigny Par son Altesse Mgr. Le Prince de Condé Lors de La Rentree en France en 1814 DIAL: the horizontal 6½ inch diameter chapter rings with individual enamel plaques interspersed with engraved foliate lozenges and ovals to the Roman hours and Arabic minutes respectively MOVEMENT: the twin barrel movement with six ring-turned pillars to the rectangular plates, verge escapement, silk suspension and star-cut pierced countwheel with strike on bell, the frontplate with regulation adjustment and engraved scale 'Retard/Avance' 24 in. (61 cm.) high; 19¼ in. (49 cm.) wide; 10¼ in. (26 cm.) deep