Sale 21CN03 | Lot 611

Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted White Marble Mantel Clock 'L'Amour Perdu'

Catalogue: English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts
Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted White Marble Mantel Clock  'L'Amour Perdu'

Lot Details

Lot 611
Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted White Marble Mantel Clock 'L'Amour Perdu'
Jean-Antoine Lépine (1720-1814), late 18th century
The standing figure of a veiled mourning woman, one elbow resting on an urn, the pedestal with a torch above a white enamel dial signed Lepine Hger du Roi, on a stepped rectangular plinth with inset ormolu panel; the backplate signed Lepine hger Paris No. 4339. Height 23 inches (58.4 cm), width 11 1/2 inches (29.2 cm), depth 7 1/4 inches (18.4 cm).

Jean-Antoine Lépine was one of the most important Parisian clock makers of the second half of the eighteenth century and supplied numerous clocks to the French court.


C Property from The Estate of Dr. Alex Eliseo Asencio

Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
Sold for $4,725 (includes buyer's premium)

Additional Notes & Condition Report

Please note that Doyle does not guarantee the clock movement and strongly recommends that prospective bidders consult a clock restorer before the sale. Marble unrestoed and with chips and losses, small chip to fold at front of veil and especially to edges, corners and base, would benefit from professional, non-instrusive cleaning, age crack to center of stepped plinth and with rust surrouding beaded mounts, ormolu with rubbing, front ormolu panel to base with greeen tarnish, chip to bottom right front corner of base, with pendulum, silk suspension, lacking key.


Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available.

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Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
Sold for $4,725 (includes buyer's premium)

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English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts

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