The drum case modelled as a wine cask supporting a seated figure of the drunken Silenus flanked by twin naked Bacchantes, the ground and cask strewn and encrusted with fruiting vines and bacchanalian regalia, indistinctly signed to the rear 'Marin', the white enamel dial with gilt bronze bezel and Arabic hours and quarter hours, pierced gilt hands, the twin barrel movement with silk suspension and countwheel striking via two hammers to bells (lacking); on a faux marble and giltwood plinth
15¹⁄₂ in. (39.4 cm.) high; 12 in. (30.5 cm.) wide; 7¹⁄₂ in. (19 cm.) deep

Possibly acquired for Chesterfield House, London by Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (1882-1947) and Mary, Princess Royal (1897-1965), where pictured in the White Drawing Room in 1922,
Removed to Harewood House, Yorkshire upon the sale of Chesterfield House in 1932, thence by descent.

Harewood House 1948 Probate Valuation, recorded in The Rose Bedroom, p. 60.

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Lot Essay

Already successful before the Revolution, Marin, a pupil and friend of Clodion, was well-known for his small terracotta reliefs, busts and figural groups, closely following Clodion’s popular mythological and historical subjects. Marin has been described by as Clodion’s finest and most original disciple (Baillio, op. cit., p. 349).