ID 892420 
Lot 8  | A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
Estimate value
£ 7 000 – 10 000 
VIGER, PARIS, CIRCA 1770
The case representing the Sciences with celestial globe and sundial, the fluted pedestal flanked by a seated putto with scroll and pen, on a rectangular raised plinth with guilloche banding and outset foliate corners, the white enamel dial, signed 'VIGER A PARIS', with Roman hours and Arabic five minutes, pierced gilt hands and regulation arbor, the twin barrel movement with verge escapement, silk suspension, numbered countwheel to backplate and strike to bell, the backplate engraved 'Viger A Paris No. 1213'
12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm.) high; 12 1/4 in. (31 cm.) wide; 5 in. (12.7 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 31 October 2006, lot 265.
| Manufactur: | Viger | 
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork | 
| Medium: | Brass, Bronze, Gilding | 
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI | 
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe | 
| Category: | Decor | 
| Auction house category: | Clocks - Furnishings, Tables | 
| Manufactur: | Viger | 
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork | 
| Medium: | Brass, Bronze, Gilding | 
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI | 
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe | 
| Category: | Decor | 
| Auction house category: | Clocks - Furnishings, Tables | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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