A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE, PATINATED-BRONZE AND SEVRES BLUE PORCELAIN PENDULE A CERCLES TOURNANTS

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21.09.2022 14:00UTC +00:00
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Los 19 | A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE, PATINATED-BRONZE AND SEVRES BLUE PORCELAIN PENDULE A CERCLES TOURNANTS
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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE, PATINATED-BRONZE AND SEVRES BLUE PORCELAIN PENDULE A CERCLES TOURNANTS

ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, THE MOVEMENT BY BERGIER, PARIS, CIRCA 1785

Modelled with Urania, as an allegory of Astronomy, the clock in the form of a vase with a central acanthus-cast shaft issuing flowerheads, the movement signed BERGIER / AParis

23 in. (58.5 cm.) high; 11 in. (28 cm.) square





Provenance

Collection of Madame Louis Burat; Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 17-18 June 1937, lot 82 (bought by 'Da Costa').



Literature

J.-D. Augarde, Les ouvriers du temps, Geneva, 1996, no. 155, p. 193.



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This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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