Lot 1149 - A192 Decorative Arts - Thursday, 18. June 2020, 02.00 PM
IMPORTANT MANTEL CLOCK "L'ÉTUDE ET LA PHILOSOPHIE" or "LES ARTS ET LES SCIENCES" WITH SECONDS, DATE AND DAY OF THE WEEK,
Literature:
- Gerald van der Kemp, Le conservateur en chef de Musée de Versailles et des Trianons, Versailles, Publisher Parklane New York, full page illustration on p. 124. - Jean Dominique Augarde, Les Ouvriers du temps la pendule à Paris de Louis XIV Napoleon I/ Ornamental clocks and clock makers in 18th century Paris, Edition Antiquorum, Ill. p. 206 (here also with a slightly divergent relief decoration on the base).
- Ottomeyer/ P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen - Die Bronzearbeiten des Spätbarock und Klassizismus, Munich 1986, I, p. 195, Ill. 4.17.5, drawing by F. Rémond.
- P. Verlet, Les Bronzes dorés français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris 1987, p. 322, Ill. 357, a pendulum clock from the Ministère des Affaires Etrangères. (842014).
CHF 12 000 / 18 000 | (€ 12 370 / 18 560)
Sold for CHF 19 820 (including buyer’s premium)
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