ID 1027445
Lot 51 | A LOUIS XV PATINATED-BRONZE AND ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK 'PENDULE AU RHINOCEROS'
Estimate value
$ 70 000 – 90 000
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’).
| Artist: | Philippe Caffiéri (1714 - 1774) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork, Ormolu |
| Medium: | Bronze, Gold |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XV |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Furniture and Lamps, Clocks - Furnishings, Mantel clocks |
| Artist: | Philippe Caffiéri (1714 - 1774) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork, Ormolu |
| Medium: | Bronze, Gold |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XV |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Furniture and Lamps, Clocks - Furnishings, Mantel clocks |
| Address of auction |
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