ID 1225361
Lot 113 | A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED STAINED HORN MONUMENTAL BRACKET CLOCK AND BRACKET
Estimate value
£ 7 000 – 10 000
BY F. GOYER, THE MOVEMENT BY EDME-JEAN CAUSARD, MID-18TH CENTURY
Mounted overall with hunting motifs and scrolling foliage, surmounted by a huntsman blowing a horn above two hounds and a stag, the balloon-shaped case with a glazed door mounted with a huntsman and dog attacking a boar, flanked by two further dogs, stamped F. GOYER JME, the bracket mounted with hunting trophies to the corners and centred by a boar mask, the horn decorated to the reverse with flowers, the gilt dial with Roman and Arabic enamel chapters and central enamel plaque inscribed CAUSARD / A PARIS, the twin barrel movement with anchor escapement and countwheel strike to later gong mounted above the case, the square plates joined by five pillars, the backplate signed Causard a Paris
54 in. (137 cm.) high, approx.; 19 ¼ in. (49 cm.) wide; 10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale (The Property of a Lady); Christie's, London, 14 July 1983, lot 56, where acquired by the present owner.
| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
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| Art style: | Rococo |
| Auction house category: | Clocks - Furnishings |
| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
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| Art style: | Rococo |
| Auction house category: | Clocks - Furnishings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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