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A significant mantelpiece set comprising:
See original version (French)
323
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A significant mantelpiece set comprising:
See original version (French)
Estimate €3,000 - €4,000
Voluntary lot
Description
A significant mantelpiece set comprising:
- a wall clock, with a gilded bronze dial featuring Roman numerals, signed ‘MALLET’, clockmaker to the Duke of Orléans, surrounded by Psyche crowning Cupid, on a base of red griotte marble (with minor chips). H: 63 cm – W: 42.5 cm – D: 14 cm
- a pair of Medici vases in patinated and gilded bronze, with handles chiselled with mascarons, on a base of red griotte marble. H: 41 cm - W: 13.5 cm - D: 13.5 cm
Restoration period.
The figures of Psyche and Cupid are based on a model created by the sculptor Claude Michallon (1751–1799), which was itself inspired by an ancient marble sculpture held in the Capitoline Museums in Rome.
See original version (French)
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