A significant mantelpiece set comprising: - Lot 323

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A significant mantelpiece set comprising: - Lot 323
A significant mantelpiece set comprising: - a wall clock, with a gilded bronze dial featuring Roman numerals and signed “MALLET,” clockmaker to the Duke of Orléans, surrounded by Psyche crowning Cupid, mounted on a red griotte marble base (with minor chips). H: 63 cm - W: 42.5 cm - D: 14 cm - a pair of Medici vases in patinated and gilded bronze, with handles chased with mascarons, on a base of red griotte marble. H: 41 cm - W: 13.5 cm - D: 13.5 cm Restoration period. The figures of Psyche and Cupid are based on a model created by the sculptor Claude Michallon (1751–1799), which was itself inspired by an ancient marble sculpture housed in the Capitoline Museums in Rome.
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