- Lot 205

Lot n° 205
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- Lot 205
An important white marble musical portico clock decorated with chased and gilded bronzes with lyres, rows of pearls, pampers, horns of plenty, flowers and foliage, the enamelled dial with Arabic numerals, signed FESTEAU LE JEUNE in Paris, surmounted by a vase with two handles, the movement with dates. The base, decorated with a biscuit medallion in the Wedgwood style featuring Venus and Love, contains a musical system, with cylinder, bellows and organ pipes (24 tin pipes) playing 12 tunes. Under the base, hollowed mark : an anchor and number 40. Late 18th century (chip on a corner on the right; the mechanism works but the sound is weak because one of the three bellows does not start, small cracks on the cylinder). Height 84cm Width 47cm Depth 23cm Note: a similar clock in white and black marble, with some variations in the decoration, Kâ-Mondo sale, Hôtel Drouot, 10 March 2017, lot 186.
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