A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND ALABASTER MANTEL CLOCK

Los 181
23.05.2024 10:30UTC +00:00
Classic
Startpreis
£ 7 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
VeranstaltungsortVereinigtes Königreich, London
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Los 181 | A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND ALABASTER MANTEL CLOCK
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£ 7 000 – 10 000
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND ALABASTER MANTEL CLOCK
THE MOVEMENT BY JOSEPH MIGNOLET, LATE 18TH CENTURY, THE MOUNTS POSSIBLY BY FEUCHERE
The marble case of fluted column form, surmounted by a putto above rooster heads suspending the dial, the enamel dial with Arabic minutes and hours, and inscribed 'Mignolet a Paris', on a spreading socle and further square base, mounted with trophies of love, the twin-barrel movement with tic-tac escapement and countwheel strike to bell
23 in. (58.5 cm.) high; 9 ½ in. (24 cm.) wide




Provenance

Probably acquired either by Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild, for Mentmore Towers, Buckinghamshire and by descent to his daughter Hannah de Rothschild, or by her husband (m. 1878), Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929).
By descent to the 7th Earl of Rosebery;
sold Sotheby's Mentmore house sale, 19 May 1977, lot 440 (listed in Lord Rosebery's Bedroom).
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