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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND ALABASTER MANTEL CLOCK

Lot 181
23.05.2024 10:30UTC +01:00
Classic
Starting price
£ 7 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1225462
Lot 181 | A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND ALABASTER MANTEL CLOCK
Estimate value
£ 7 000 – 10 000
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND ALABASTER MANTEL CLOCK
THE MOVEMENT BY JOSEPH MIGNOLET, LATE 18TH CENTURY, THE MOUNTS POSSIBLY BY FEUCHERE
The marble case of fluted column form, surmounted by a putto above rooster heads suspending the dial, the enamel dial with Arabic minutes and hours, and inscribed 'Mignolet a Paris', on a spreading socle and further square base, mounted with trophies of love, the twin-barrel movement with tic-tac escapement and countwheel strike to bell
23 in. (58.5 cm.) high; 9 ½ in. (24 cm.) wide




Provenance

Probably acquired either by Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild, for Mentmore Towers, Buckinghamshire and by descent to his daughter Hannah de Rothschild, or by her husband (m. 1878), Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929).
By descent to the 7th Earl of Rosebery;
sold Sotheby's Mentmore house sale, 19 May 1977, lot 440 (listed in Lord Rosebery's Bedroom).
Medium:Alabaster, Gilding
Auction house category:Clocks - Furnishings
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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