Lot 1151 - A192 Decorative Arts - Thursday, 18. June 2020, 02.00 PM
MANTEL CLOCK "LE BAISER DONNÉ"
Louis XVI, Paris ca. 1785. The dial signed BOURRETS À PARIS. After Jean-Antoine Houdon.
Gilt bronze and white marble. Enamel dial with the hours and minutes in Arabic numerals and the dates in red. Parisian movement, striking the 1/2-hour on bell. 1 key.
27.5 x 15.5 x 48 cm.
Hands, later.
Literature:
Jean-Dominique Augarde. Les Ouvriers du Temps. Geneva 1996. p. 286 (with depiction of the clock).
CHF 3 000 / 5 000 | (€ 3 090 / 5 150)
Sold for CHF 21 040 (including buyer’s premium)
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