PENDULUM "THE THREE GRACES", FRANCE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY in white marble; on a rectangular base, the front of which is carved in bas-relief with figures of putti among garlands and clouds, stand the Three Graces around a pillar topped by an urn within which the rotating dial (Circle tournant) is mounted and one of the figures points to the hour with a finger, 80x40.5x28 cm; dial signed Lepaute Paris.
Comparative bibliography
P. Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la pendule française du Moyen Age au XX siècle, Paris
1997, pp. 288-289