A Louis XVI ormolu-mounted patinated bronze and white marble mantel clock, attributed to Pierre-Philippe-Thomire circa 1790-1791, the dial signed Lépine Her. du Roy, Place de Louis X4, the movement signed Lepine Hger. de Roy A Paris, No 4258 the case in the form of an ormolu and patinated bronze draped casket carried by two patinated bronze figures of Vestal virgins and surmounted by an ormolu and patinated bronze flaming tripod brazier flanked by ormolu tazze (one of a later date) cast with satyr masks, raised on a shaped white marble base centered by an ormolu frieze cast with putti and decorated with ormolu and patinated bronze plaques depicting winged figures, supported by four patinated bronze figures of reclining lions resting on a white marble slab raised on circular ormolu feet. height 22 in.; width 25 1/2 in.; depth 7 1/4 in. 56 cm; 65 cm; 18.5 cm
A Louis XVI ormolu-mounted patinated bronze and white marble mantel clock, attributed to Pierre-Philippe-Thomire circa 1790-1791, the dial signed Lépine Her. du Roy, Place de Louis X4, the movement signed Lepine Hger. de Roy A Paris, No 4258 the case in the form of an ormolu and patinated bronze draped casket carried by two patinated bronze figures of Vestal virgins and surmounted by an ormolu and patinated bronze flaming tripod brazier flanked by ormolu tazze (one of a later date) cast with satyr masks, raised on a shaped white marble base centered by an ormolu frieze cast with putti and decorated with ormolu and patinated bronze plaques depicting winged figures, supported by four patinated bronze figures of reclining lions resting on a white marble slab raised on circular ormolu feet. height 22 in.; width 25 1/2 in.; depth 7 1/4 in. 56 cm; 65 cm; 18.5 cm
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