Lyra XVI

Louis XVI period Lyra shaped ormolu and white marble clock Model: "Lyra André Furet (A.D.P)" Place of origin: France Materials and manufacture: Marble, gilt, bronze Dimensions: Height: 52 cm, 20.5 Inch Wide: 20 cm, 7.8 Inch Crafted during the period of Louis XVI, this beautiful mantel clock is distinctive for its unusual lyre shaped body and ornate ormolu mounting. Half an hour strike on bell. Enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic minutes numerals signed .A.D.F. (monogram of André Furet, who was clockmaker to the King of Spain along with his associate François-Louis Godon). Further calibration for seconds, pierced and engraved gilt hands blued sweep second pointer, movement with pinwheel (scissors) escapement mounted on the backplate, gridiron pendulum. Finely cast lyre-shaped case surmounted by a sunburst mask with a garland below, the whole mounted on an oval moulded ormolu mounted white marble base. one-week duration.