France, end of the Louis XVI period. Clock with... Lot 33

France, end of the Louis XVI period. Clock with Venus embracing Anteros observed by Cupid in Carrara marble and gilt bronze. The dial is leaning against a marble cylinder surrounded by leafy garlands and pearl friezes. It is surrounded by Venus being kissed by a Love and a second Love. The base is decorated with metopes representing the Lovers feeding the sacred fire, two leafy craters and two flaming hearts inscribed in a laurel wreath. The base is a gilded bronze spinning top. The white enamelled dial with the hours and minutes in Arabic numerals separated by a railway. Hands delicately openworked in the form of fleur de lys for the hours and in the form of arrows for the minutes. The set rests on a rectangular grey marble base with a half-moon front. The upper edge of the marble is decorated with a frieze of pearls in gilt bronze. Base in crushed spheres in gilt bronze. Dial signed "Tavernier Horloger du Roy A PARIS". Probably Louis Tavernier, clockmaker in Paris, received master in 1788. Height: 31 Long. 27 Depth: 13 cm. Base : Height 4 Long. 30 Depth 15,5 cm. A late Louis XVI period marble and gilded bronze clock representing Venus kissing Anteros under Cupid's watch. On a grey marble base decorated with bronze ornaments.