Case gilt bronze, green marble 42 x 39 x 21.5 cm, enamel dial; mechanism with spring tension, pendulum regulator, bibie hours and half hours
Signed on the dial: Juhel / A Paris
The case depicts a putto with attributes of science and art, showing the union of these fields.
Other Juhel clocks are in the collections of the Royal Castle in Warsaw, the Metropolitan Museum in New York and the Palace of Versailles. The latter with a similar theme, only with two putti, was intended in 1784 for the apartments of King Gustav III of Sweden, who was a guest at Versailles.
Asking price 35300
Estimate 40000 - 50000