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<p>[QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 10508933, member: 5170"]Good Morning from the U.S. Midwest!</p><p>And an early one it is. Still dark, in fact. Perhaps some of you visual sleuths can lend me a hand here. Just scored this French clock and sculptural group from a show in Pennsylvania. Now it's in the Midwest, ha ha. </p><p>Anyway, I know very little about it, except that I love it and got it for a great price. It's over 3 feet tall U.S. (over 91 CM) and weighs about 100 pounds (45 KG). The green (Italian) marble base is half of that. The clock movement is not signed, but is typical of Parisian-made movements ca. 1880. Somewhat surprisingly, the bronze sculpture group, featuring two joyful ladies holding cupid on a blanketed platform, is not signed either. BTW, cupid has just loosed his arrow at you, the viewer, perhaps reminding you that life is fleeting and love is in the air. </p><p>I regret the dark photos, but it's still night and internal illumination in this part of the house is not the brightest. </p><p>I can't find anything like this group anywhere. Can you? </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]528376[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]528377[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]528378[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 10508933, member: 5170"]Good Morning from the U.S. Midwest! And an early one it is. Still dark, in fact. Perhaps some of you visual sleuths can lend me a hand here. Just scored this French clock and sculptural group from a show in Pennsylvania. Now it's in the Midwest, ha ha. Anyway, I know very little about it, except that I love it and got it for a great price. It's over 3 feet tall U.S. (over 91 CM) and weighs about 100 pounds (45 KG). The green (Italian) marble base is half of that. The clock movement is not signed, but is typical of Parisian-made movements ca. 1880. Somewhat surprisingly, the bronze sculpture group, featuring two joyful ladies holding cupid on a blanketed platform, is not signed either. BTW, cupid has just loosed his arrow at you, the viewer, perhaps reminding you that life is fleeting and love is in the air. I regret the dark photos, but it's still night and internal illumination in this part of the house is not the brightest. I can't find anything like this group anywhere. Can you? [ATTACH=full]528376[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]528377[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]528378[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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