ID 437331
Lot 26 | A LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND VERDE ANTICO MARBLE STRIKING MAN...
Estimate value
£ 5 500 – 7 500
THE MOVEMENT BY JEAN-ANTOINE LEPINE, PARIS, THE CASE ATTRIBUTED TO FRANÇOIS REMOND, CIRCA 1790
The drum case with eagle surmount on a spreading pedestal flanked by figures of 'L'Étude' and 'La Philosophie', the shaped plinth with bacchic reliefs, the white enamel dial signed 'Lepine / Hger. Du Roi / PLACE DES VICTOIRES No.12', the twin barrel movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike to bell, the crutch with fine adjustment, the backplate signed 'Lepine, her. du Roy A Paris, No. 4188'
18 ¾ in. (47.5 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) wide; 6 in. (15 cm.) deep
| Medium: | Bronze, Gilding |
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| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Auction house category: | Tables |
| Medium: | Bronze, Gilding |
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| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Auction house category: | Tables |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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