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Lot 1188* - A174 Furniture, Porcelain & Decoration - Thursday, 17. September 2015, 10.00 AM

SKELETON CLOCK WITH MOON PHASE,

Louis XVI, the dial signed FOURNIER A PARIS (probably Louis Fournier, maître 1748), Paris, ca. 1780.
Gilt bronze and brass and black marble. 4 finely painted chapter rings in 3 rows on a rectangular plinth. Central chapter ring with hours and minutes in Arabic numerals. Days of the week and moon phase via 2 chapter rings. 3/4 chapter ring for regulating the pendulum. 7 gilt hands, finely pierced. Skeleton anchor movement striking the 1/2–hour on bell. Fine sun pendulum. Later bronze mounts. 22x11x40 cm.

Provenance:
– from a European private collection.


CHF 20 000 / 30 000 | (€ 20 620 / 30 930)

Sold for CHF 23 300 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.