ID 1225591
Los 84 | A LOUIS XV ORMOLU STRIKING CARTEL CLOCK
Schätzwert
£ 20 000 – 30 000
THE MOVEMENT BY JEAN-BAPTISTE BAILLON, MID-18TH CENTURY
The case cast overall with C-scrolls, rocaille, scrolling foliage and trailing branches of flowers, surmounted by a Chinese figure holding an armillary sphere seated on a conch shell, above a dragon, a ho-ho bird perched beneath the dial, the white enamel dial with Roman hour chapters and Arabic minutes interspersed with gilt fleur-de-lys, signed 'JEAN BAPTISTE BAILLON' and with pierced gilt hands, the twin-barrel movement with plates joined by five pillars, with verge escapement and countwheel strike to bell, the backplate signed 'J B Baillon Paris / no.1965'
43 in. (119 cm.) high; 21 in. (53.5 cm.) wide, approx.
Provenance
The collection of Viscomte Henri de Saporta (1890-1984), Paris; given by the family of the above to the present owner.
| Angewandte Technik: | Feuervergoldung |
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| Kunst Stil: | Rokoko |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Uhren - Einrichtung |
| Angewandte Technik: | Feuervergoldung |
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| Kunst Stil: | Rokoko |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Uhren - Einrichtung |
| Adresse der Versteigerung |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London Vereinigtes Königreich | |
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