Lot 1254* - A190 Decorative Arts - jeudi, 26. septembre 2019, 10h00
MANTEL CLOCK "L'ÉTUDE ET LA PHILOSOPHIE",
Louis XVI, ca. 1790. Signed "Pochon à Paris" (Jean-Charles Pochon, maître 1775).
White marble and burnished and gilt bronze. Dial with glass cover. White enamel dial with hours and minutes in Arabic numerals. Gilt hands, pierced, and blued second hand. Movement with adjustable scissor escapement, striking the 1/2-hour on bell. Dial with small restorations and chips. Door hinge needs to be soldered. Door handle, replaced. The movement may require servicing. 1 key.
69x16x53 cm.
Literature:
- Gerald van der Kemp, Le conservateur en chef de Musée de Versailles et des Trianons, Versailles, Verlag Parklane New York, figure 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, fig. on p. 206 (with slightly different decoration in the base).
- Ottomeyer/ P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen - Die Bronzearbeiten des Spätbarock und Klassizismus, Munich 1986, I, p. 195, Fig. 4.17.5, drawing by F. Rémond. - P. Verlet, Les Bronzes dorés français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris 1987, p. 322, Fig. 357, a clock from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (842014).
- Gerald van der Kemp, Le conservateur en chef de Musée de Versailles et des Trianons, Versailles, Verlag Parklane New York, figure 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, fig. on p. 206 (with slightly different decoration in the base).
- Ottomeyer/ P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen - Die Bronzearbeiten des Spätbarock und Klassizismus, Munich 1986, I, p. 195, Fig. 4.17.5, drawing by F. Rémond. - P. Verlet, Les Bronzes dorés français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris 1987, p. 322, Fig. 357, a clock from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (842014).
CHF 14 000 / 20 000 | (€ 14 430 / 20 620)
Vendu pour CHF 17 380 (frais inclus)