Offered by Galerie Francesco De Rosa
Monumental portico clock in white marble and gilded bronze, the uprights in the shape of a draped antique woman support the movement decorated with fringed draperies decorated with griffins, panels, etc. all under a molded entablature with friezes, decorated with the figure of Cupid triggering the combustion of a brazier using a liquid from a jug placed at his side; the rectangular base rounded at the ends, with a central projection, decorated with a frieze with four cherubs and a goat, and two lateral navette vases with Egyptian heads contained in oval niches; on the terrace in the center a semicircular musical trophy
Beautiful and large skeleton dial displaying the days, months, days of the week, hours, minutes, seconds; beautiful openwork hands;
grooved spinning top feet
Late 18th century
Height 60 cm - Length 43.5 cm - Depth 14 cm BL