A LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND VINCENNES PORCELAIN MANTEL CLOCK

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14.10.2020 10:00UTC -04:00
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ID 410159
Lot 24 | A LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND VINCENNES PORCELAIN MANTEL CLOCK
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND VINCENNES PORCELAIN MANTEL CLOCK

SUPPLIED BY CLAUDE LE BOITTEUX IN 1749, THE ORMOLU ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN-CLAUDE CHAMBELLAN DUPLESSIS

The dial and movement signed BENOIST GERARD A PARIS, the porcelain group known as 'L'Heure du Berger' modeled as a reclining female figure with loose drapery with a male youth seated to her left side, the ormolu case with naturalistic branches and scrolling rocailles, the mounts regilt but with traces of original mercury gilding

20 ½ in. (52 cm.) high, 13 in. (33 cm.) wide

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