A FRENCH ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK

Lot 409
13.10.2023 10:00UTC -05:00
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ID 1027660
Lot 409 | A FRENCH ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK
Estimate value
$ 8 000 – 12 000
A FRENCH ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK

AFTER THE MODEL BY JACQUES CAFFIERI, LATE 19TH CENTURY

The circular white enameled dial with Roman and Arabic chapters signed 'RA/ FERD BERTHOUT/ PARIS,' set within a cartouche-shaped case of scrolling acanthus-leaves, surmounted by a cherub riding a chariot drawn by a pair of doves within a sunburst, with a pierced foliate-paneled case above a Cupid covering Venus

44 in. (112 cm.) high





Provenance

Baron Alphonse de Rothschild (1827-1905), in the Antichambre noire, hôtel Saint-Florentin, Paris.

By descent to the present owners.



Literature

The Rothschild Archive, London, Inventaire après le décès de Monsieur le Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, A. Cottin Notaire, 16 October 1905 (hôtel Saint-Florentin, Antichambre noire (‘Cartel Louis XV bronze dore surmonté d’un soleil - 3000 francs’).
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