Ormolu Lyre Clock With Blue Porcelain, Enamel And Rhinestones From The 19th Century

Clock in the shape of a lyre in porcelain, gilded bronze and enamel from the XIXth century.
Elegant pendulum in gilded bronze with chiseled decoration of laurel leaves and acanthus, rows of pearls and draperies, crowned with a radiant mascaron symbolizing the Sun, resting on an oval porcelain base with Sèvres blue background ending in four baluster feet. The white and black enameled dial signed “Julien le Roy à Paris”, the Roman numerals separated by fleur-de-lis in gilded bronze, in an elegant hooping set with stones from the Rhine.
Very good condition.
With its key, the movement works but is sold as is.
Second half of the 19th century, after a Louis XVI period model.
H. 60 cm.

Related works:
- A similar lyre pendulum, dating from the end of the 18th century or the beginning of the 19th century, is kept in the collections of the Queen of England (inv. RCIN 2819).
- A pendulum of similar lyre shape, dating from 1785, is kept in the collections of the Palace of Versailles (inv R. 423) from the legacy of Baroness Salomon de Rothschild.