Pendule lyre Louis XVI à mouvement squelette en marbre blanc et bronze doré, fin du XVIIIe siècle

A late 18th century Louis XVI ormolu and white marble lyre clock with skeletonised movement Festeau LeJeune The case surmounted by a radiating motif atop the lyre and flanked by acanthus upswept foliage, set on an ormolu-mounted oval stepped white marble base with drapings, the gilding refreshed, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, Arabic five minute markers and calendar, skeletonised centre revealing decorated calendar wheel, with finely finished gilt brass hands and a blued steel calendar hand, signed at the base of the dial Pesteau Lejeune , the twin train movement with anchor escapement striking the hours and half hours via an external count wheel mounted to the backplate on a polished bell with silk suspension pendulum, currently ticking and striking.