Louis XVI Style Clock "cupid And Psyche" Model By Vion

"Cupid and Psyche" clock, Vion model. Louis XVI style. Enamel dial decorated with a garland of flowers, Arabic numerals for the hours, 15-minute markers also in Arabic numerals, and railway track minute markers. Gilt brass hands in the Louis XVI style. Round Paris movement with striking bell on the hour and half-hour via a hood. Weekly winding. The mechanism will be serviced before sale (a two-week period will be required). With key and pendulum. Very good condition for the study. We are at your disposal for any request, please contact us by phone (06 01 49 14 24) or by email (remarot@gmail.com). Comparative bibliography: This model is attributed to François Vion, based on drawing No. 31, design for a study piece, on the theme of grief, or mourner, kept at the Doucet library in Paris, reproduced in H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 247, No. 4.6.9.