Michael Lake
Head of Department
Lot 103TP
An impressive Louis XVI gilt and patinated bronze and white marble figural mantel clock by Laurent Ridel (French, active circa 1789)the dial and backplate signed Ridel à Paris, the case possibly attributable to Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751–1843)
Amended
21 November 2018, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£6,000 - £8,000
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An impressive Louis XVI gilt and patinated bronze and white marble figural mantel clock by Laurent Ridel (French, active circa 1789)
the dial and backplate signed Ridel à Paris, the case possibly attributable to Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751–1843)
the drum case surmounted by a winged putto playing cymbals above a cast figural panel depicting Venus and Adonis standing beside a brazier between two winged putti, the whole flanked by two seated infant satyrs blowing horns, thyrsus and tambourines at their feet, raised on a rounded end panelled plinth base centred by a twin sphinx and ribbon tied wreath mount and flanked by portrait masks of Medusa, on large engine turned bulbous toupie feet, the 6.5" floral swag enamelled Arabic dial with outer quarter hour markers and inner calendar date ring, with gilt pierced hour and star pointer minute hands and blued steel calendar date pointer, the brass twin train movement with later escapement and outside countwheel striking on a bell,
56cm high, 68cm wide, 19cm deep
the drum case surmounted by a winged putto playing cymbals above a cast figural panel depicting Venus and Adonis standing beside a brazier between two winged putti, the whole flanked by two seated infant satyrs blowing horns, thyrsus and tambourines at their feet, raised on a rounded end panelled plinth base centred by a twin sphinx and ribbon tied wreath mount and flanked by portrait masks of Medusa, on large engine turned bulbous toupie feet, the 6.5" floral swag enamelled Arabic dial with outer quarter hour markers and inner calendar date ring, with gilt pierced hour and star pointer minute hands and blued steel calendar date pointer, the brass twin train movement with later escapement and outside countwheel striking on a bell,
56cm high, 68cm wide, 19cm deep
Footnotes
Provenance:
Private Oxford collection
Saleroom notices
Please note that enamel dial for this clock is signed 'Coteau' below 6 o'clock for Josepah Coteau (French, 1740-1801). Footnote for this lot: A near identical Louis XVI gilt bronze and marble clock modelled after Thomire with a movement by Molliens of Paris is illustrated in Pierre Kjelberg's 'Encyclopédie de Pendule Francaise, due Moyen Age au XXe siècle, Les editions l'amateur, p. 259, fig c. and a similar clock is in the permanent collection of the Musée du Louvre.
