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A late 18th century French ormolu-mounted marble mantel clock Henri Voisin, the movement stamped 20787 3
11 December 2019, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,657.50 inc. premium
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A late 18th century French ormolu-mounted marble mantel clock
Henri Voisin, the movement stamped 20787
Surrounded by two Classical figures depicting Venus and Cupid with two love birds on a shaped plinth base with Neo-Classical swags and garlands on raised lion's paw feet, the signed circular 3 1/2 inch white enamel Roman and Arabic dial with outer minute track with pierced and engraved Rococo style gilt hands, the numbered circular movement with silk suspension, striking the hours and the half hours on a bell (the interior cast with the letter B). Ticking and striking together with a silk suspension pendulum and associated winding key. 31cm (12ins) high (3)
Surrounded by two Classical figures depicting Venus and Cupid with two love birds on a shaped plinth base with Neo-Classical swags and garlands on raised lion's paw feet, the signed circular 3 1/2 inch white enamel Roman and Arabic dial with outer minute track with pierced and engraved Rococo style gilt hands, the numbered circular movement with silk suspension, striking the hours and the half hours on a bell (the interior cast with the letter B). Ticking and striking together with a silk suspension pendulum and associated winding key. 31cm (12ins) high (3)
Footnotes
Antoine-Henri Voisin (1733 - d. after 1815) known as Henri worked in Rue de Thionville in Paris before 1773 till 1807. He was part of a well established family of clockmakers. He became a master in 1755, and took over the family business after the death of his father in 1760, and became a member of the Paris jure from 1773 to 1807.
The current lions paw feet are particularly rare in that each is further adorned with a pair of rams' feet to each side. Some of the mounts are cast with the initials E.B and numbered 1260.