Portico clock known as the "Temple of Love". in white marble and chased and gilded bronze, supported by four columns adorned with foliate twists, the movement topped by a fire pot. It stands on a round white marble base. White enameled dial signed LEPAUTE À PARIS showing hours and minutes in Arabic numerals. Louis XVI period H. 45 cm - D. 16.5 cm (Worn gilding, keys and pendulum) Jean Baptiste Lepaute, Master in 1776. Bibliography: P. Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la pendule française du Moyen-Âge au XXe siècle, ed. l'Amateur, 1997: a comparable clock with some ornamental and movement variants reproduced on p. 293.