Lot 427 Dα

Pendulum clock "au char"
Minerva teases the horses of Diomedes

Ormolu clock with white enamel dial, black numerals and blued iron hands, with brass mountings. The later 14-day running pendulum movement with spring suspension and half-hourly striking on a bell. Imposing mantle clock, cast in several parts and screw-mounted. Signed on the dial "Ls. MALLET H. de M. D. D'ORLEANS". A chip to the enamel at 12 o'clock, the hands replaced / lost. H 44.5, W 49, D 12 cm.
The bronze attributed to Paris, the movement Orléans, 19th C.