A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY LONG CASE MUSICAL ORGAN CLOCK

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13.10.2023 10:00UTC -05:00
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Los 366 | A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY LONG CASE MUSICAL ORGAN CLOCK
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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY LONG CASE MUSICAL ORGAN CLOCK

THE CASE BY DAVID ROENTGEN, THE MOVEMENT BY PETER KINZING, CIRCA 1780

The molded cornice atop rectangular case with fluted canted angles terminating in rosettes, molded glazed door enclosing a white enamel dial with beaded surround, minute and hour hand in the form of a serpent, and Roman and Arabic chapters beneath a further dial hand indicating 'Air' (melody) 1-4 under an engraved cornucopia and foliate scrolls, the angles with foliate clasps, the sides with twin-arrow mounts centered by a rosette, the lower section of the clock formed of two fluted columns hung with ribbon-tied drapery swags and terminating in a molded socle cast with a laurel wreath and rosette-centered strapwork, on a plinth atop rectangular base on wooden casters, signed 'Röntgen et Kintzing à Neuwied', with paper instructions from Ateliers G Lubrano, Paris, the bronze rectangular dial surround later

75 ¼ in. (91.5 cm.) high, 29 in. (74 cm.) wide, 19 in. (48.5 cm.) deep





Provenance

Almost certainly delivered circa 1780 to a member of the French Royal family, probably the Comtesse de Provence.

The Collection of the Rothschild family.

By descent to the present owners.



Literature

A. Pradère, French furniture makers. The Art of the Ébéniste from Louis XIV to the Revolution, London, 1989, p. 416.

C. Baulez, David Roentgen et François Rémond, une collaboration majeure dans l’histoire du mobilier européen, L’Objet d’Art, September 1996, pp. 106-112.

C. Frégnac and J. Wilhelm, Belles Demeures de Paris, 16e - 19e siècle, 1997, p. 75.
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