Important white marble, black marble and gilt bronze clock, - Lot 188

Important white marble, black marble and gilt bronze clock, with moving sides, the dial signed Degré in Paris, the movement surmounted by an eagle and supported by a gallery-cut entablature, and a suite of four baluster pots with flowers and fruit; it is supported by four fluted Corinthian columns with asparagus flutes embellished with falling garlands, the white marble base with scrolling friezes; six black marble feet and counter-socle; a sun pendulum. Louis XVI period Total H.: 70 cm - Total W.: 49 cm - D. 20 cm BL Missing the two fixings of the white marble base on the black marble, elements to be refixed, damaged glass. Related work : A similar example reproduced in Pierre Kjellberg's "L'Encyclopédie de la pendule française, du Moyen Âge au XXe siècle" (Paris, Éditions de l'Amateur, 1997), page 202