A MONUMENTAL LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO LOUIS-FELIX DE LA RUE, CIRCA 1775 The dial and movement signed Lepaute Hger. Du Roi , depicting putti and Love's trophies amongst billowing clouds, the movement with pinwheel escapement, with a 19th century modified suspension unit 26 in. (66 cm.) high, 26 ½ in. (67.3 cm.) wide, 8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) deep Provenance Almost certainly William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley, 4th Earl of Mornington (1788-1857), sold Château d'Ixelles, Belgium, 15 June 1846, lot 45. Ader Picard Tajan, Paris, 24 November 1976, lot 25. Anonymous Sale; Sotheby's, New York, 19 November 1993, lot 13.
A MONUMENTAL LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO LOUIS-FELIX DE LA RUE, CIRCA 1775 The dial and movement signed Lepaute Hger. Du Roi , depicting putti and Love's trophies amongst billowing clouds, the movement with pinwheel escapement, with a 19th century modified suspension unit 26 in. (66 cm.) high, 26 ½ in. (67.3 cm.) wide, 8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) deep Provenance Almost certainly William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley, 4th Earl of Mornington (1788-1857), sold Château d'Ixelles, Belgium, 15 June 1846, lot 45. Ader Picard Tajan, Paris, 24 November 1976, lot 25. Anonymous Sale; Sotheby's, New York, 19 November 1993, lot 13.
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