Lot 162: A Louis XVI gilt and patinated bronze figural column mantel timepiece the case attributable to Robert Osmond (1711-1789)

A Louis XVI gilt and patinated bronze figural column mantel timepiece
the case attributable to Robert Osmond (1711-1789) Footnotes

Provenance
Property of the late Eveline Newgas, nee Blumka, whose parents and grandparents were among the leading antique dealers in pre-war Vienna.

For an identical case but with its original period dial see Pierre Kjellbery, 'Encylclopedie de La Pendule Francaise', les editions de l'Amateur, pg 231.

surmounted by an urn flanked by twin putti emblematic of the arts, with later Roman enamel dial and brass movement with Brocot type suspension, with pendulum and winder, 42.5cm high