ID 1225428
Lot 17 | A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND ENAMELLED PENDULE A CERCLES TOURNANTS
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 25 000
THE MOVEMENT BY IVERNOIS, LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The case in the form of a graduated urn surmounted by the figure of Cupid, flanked by Greek key handles draped with laurel swags, supported by a seated female figure on a fluted column with ribbon-tied laurel base and canted square plinth, the rotating dials with Roman hours and Arabic minutes, the twin-barrel movement with substantial plates mounted within the plinth, 'tic-tac' escapement and countwheel strike to bell, the backplate signed 'D. Ivernois a Paris', re-enamelled
26 in. (66 cm.) high; 10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) wide; 10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) deep
Provenance
Sold Palais d’Orsay (Mes Ader Picard Tajan), Paris, 6 December 1977, lot 59 (26,000 FF).
| Medium: | Gilding |
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| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Auction house category: | Clocks - Furnishings |
| Medium: | Gilding |
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| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| 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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