Offered by L'Egide Antiques
Porcelain, Scuptures, paintings and european Fine Arts, 18th and 19th century
Spectacular refined pendulum clock in white bisque depicting Orpheus charming the animals to the sound if his lyra. A sheep on the left, a child with an apple on the right. Some parts are in gilt bronze. Silk string movement. Enamel dial signed Dupas à Paris, clockmaker active in rue Froidemanteau in 1791 and the Saint-Martin neighborhood until 1817. The High quality of the unglazed porcelain comes most probably from a notorious manufactory such as “la manufacture du Duc d ’Angoulême”.
Size: H 54cm x W 44cm x D 20cm
Paris, the end of the Louis XVI period.
Lit: A version of this clock with a variation in the animals is part of the Ephrussi de Rotschild Foundation collection (Académie des Beaux-Arts of Paris). Displayed in the Salon des Fragonard in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat.
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