A LOUIS XV PATINATED-BRONZE AND ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK `PENDULE AU RHINOCEROS`

Lot 51
11.10.2023 18:00UTC -05:00
Classic
Starting price
$ 70 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
Archive
The auction is completed. No bids can be placed anymore.
Archive
ID 1027445
Lot 51 | A LOUIS XV PATINATED-BRONZE AND ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK 'PENDULE AU RHINOCEROS'
Estimate value
$ 70 000 – 90 000
A LOUIS XV PATINATED-BRONZE AND ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK 'PENDULE AU RHINOCEROS'

MID-18TH CENTURY, THE MOVEMENT BY JEAN LENOIR

The drum case cast with foliate and shell motifs and centered by an enamel dial with Roman and Arabic chapters and signed 'JEAN LE NOIR A PARIS', enclosed by a glazed door, surmounted by a Chinoiserie figure and supported by a standing rhinoceros above a naturalistic base cast with plants and flowers on pierced rocaille foliate scrolls, the movement associated and signed 'Joan Andre Lehner'

30 in. (76.5 cm.) high, 21 in. (53.5 cm.), 13 in. (33 cm.) deep





Provenance

Baron James de Rothschild (1792-1868), Chambre d'Alphonse, in the Château de Ferrières, Seine-et-Marne.

By descent to the present owners.



Literature

C. Frégnac and J. Wilhelm, Belles Demeures de Paris, 16e-19e siècle, 1997, p. 75.

P. Prevost-Marcilhacy, Les Rothschild bâtisseurs et mécènes, Paris, 1995, p. 107.



The Rothschild Archive, London, Inventaire après le décès de Monsieur le Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, A. Cottin Notaire, 16 October 1905 (château de Ferrières, Chambre d'Alphonse (‘Pendule rhinoceros bronze Louis XV - 800 francs’).
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
20 Rockefeller Plaza
10020 New York
USA
Preview
07.10.2023 10:00 – 17:00
08.10.2023 13:00 – 17:00
09.10.2023 10:00 – 17:00
10.10.2023 10:00 – 17:00
11.10.2023 10:00 – 17:00
Phone +1 212 636 2000
Fax +1 212 636 4930
Email
Conditions of purchaseConditions of purchase
Shipping Postal service
Courier service
pickup by yourself
Payment methods Wire Transfer
Business hoursBusiness hours
Mo 09:30 – 17:00   
Tu 09:30 – 17:00   
We 09:30 – 17:00   
Th 09:30 – 17:00   
Fr 09:30 – 17:00   
Sa closed
Su closed

More from Creator

A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH CANDELABRA
A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH CANDELABRA
$150 000
A GEORGE II BLACK AND GREEN GILT-JAPANNED AND PARCEL-GILT CHEST OF DRAWERS
A GEORGE II BLACK AND GREEN GILT-JAPANNED AND PARCEL-GILT CHEST OF DRAWERS
$200 000
PAIRE DE CHENETS DE LA FIN DE L'ÉPOQUE LOUIS XV
PAIRE DE CHENETS DE LA FIN DE L'ÉPOQUE LOUIS XV
€30 000
A LOUIS XV PATINATED-BRONZE AND ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK 'A L'ELEPHANT'
A LOUIS XV PATINATED-BRONZE AND ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK 'A L'ELEPHANT'
$70 000
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU CHENETS 'AUX CHEVAUX CABRES'
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU CHENETS 'AUX CHEVAUX CABRES'
$60 000

Related terms