Important L.xv Style Terracotta Clock By Clodion 19th Century

Important Louis XV Rocaille style gilded bronze clock on which rests a terracotta group signed Clodion. 19th century. Total height 76 cm. Movement revised and guaranteed for one year. Chiming at the passing of the hours and half-hours. Advance/delay adjustment at twelve hours (Key provided). Enamelled dial with Arabic numerals, beveled protective glass, blued Breguet partridge-eye hands. Dimensions of the clock alone, height 22 cm, width 42 cm, depth 27 cm. Large terracotta signed Clodion "The triumph of Bacchus. Edition proof in terracotta, from the 19th century, signed in hollow on the Clodion terrace. Bacchus, crowned with vine leaves, is carried in triumph by the god Pan (represented here without hooves) near which stands a bacchante and a putto raising a tambourine Restorations to the left leg and the left arm of the putto, and to the fingers of the right hand of Bacchus The tip of a toe of the putto's right foot. is missing. Detailed photos on request. Height 54 cm. The pair of candelabras shown with the clock in the photos are for sale in another ad in our Proantic gallery.