Large Louis XV Style Ormolu & Porcelain Figural Mantel Clock

Lot description

Louis XV style bronze dore and porcelain mantel clock, scrolled foliate arch mounted with polychrome flowers and birds, centering white dial with Arabic hour markers, dial marked A la Renaissance, 47 & 49 Bd., St. Martin, Paris, time-and-strike movement marked Japy Freres, above allegorical figural group depicting Venus clipping Cupid's wings, bearing the mark of Triebner Ens and Company, Volkstedt, underfoot, on cast feet, accompanied by ill-fitting pendulum and key, time movement observed operating, runs fast, typical minute chips and losses to porcelain flowers, glue repair to one figure's arm at wrist, approx 26"h, 19"w, 11"d, 20.25lbs