ID 812956
Lot 30 | A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
THE MOVEMENT BY FRANÇOIS CARANDA, CIRCA 1785
Surmounted by a classical urn with ring handles above a circular glazed enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals crested by a ribbon bow and flanked by Satyr masks amidst oak leaves terminating in swags, on a pentagonal base decorated with fluted pilasters flanked by volutes on a breakfront plinth mounted with two seated Medici lions and decorated with scrolling foliate panels flanked by foliate rosettes, on stiffleaf-collared toupie feet, the dial signed 'CARANDA à VERSAILLES', '25028' inscribed on the reverse of the movement
17 3/4 in. (45 cm.) high; 16 in. (40 cm.) wide; 5 1/2 in. (14 cm.) deep
Provenance
Probably delivered to the garde-meuble and recorded in 1788 in the cabinet of Thierry Ville d’Avray’s apartment in the hôtel de Garde-Meuble in Versailles.
Literature
P. Verlet, Les bronzes dorés français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1987, p. 461.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
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