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A MONUMENTAL LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND MEISSEN AND FRENCH PORCELAIN CLOCK

Lot 45
06.07.2023 12:00UTC +00:00
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£ 302 400
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 992762
Lot 45 | A MONUMENTAL LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND MEISSEN AND FRENCH PORCELAIN CLOCK
Estimate value
£ 150 000 – 250 000
A MONUMENTAL LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND MEISSEN AND FRENCH PORCELAIN CLOCK

CIRCA 1750, THE PORCELAIN FIGURES ATTRIBUTED TO J.J. KÄNDLER, THE FLOWERS VINCENNES AND SEVRES PORCELAIN, MOST SOFT PASTE; THE CLOCK MOVEMENT BY EDME-JEAN CAUSARD, PARIS

The scrolling berrying foliage cresting issuing floral sprays and surrounding a trumpeting angel emblematic of Fame above, supported by foliate scrolls and resting on a cloudburst emitting lightning bolts with Apollo in his chariot driving three horses, the 9 inch white enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic five minutes, signed to the centre ‘CAUSARD HGR. DU ROY / SUIVT. LA COUR’, pierced gilt hands, the twin barrel movement with shaped circular plates joined by five ringed pillars, deadbeat escapement with later Brocot regulation, pierced star-cut countwheel mounted to the backplate, bell now removed

39 1/2 in. (98 cm.) high, 32 1/4 in. (82 cm.) wide, 22 in. (56.5 cm.) deep





Provenance

Supplied to Marie-Madeleine-Josèphe de Cusacque, Marquise de Langeac, or her lover, Louis Phélypeaux, Comte de Saint-Florentin (1705-1777).

Recorded at the hôtel Langeac, Paris, following the death of the Marquise de Langeac in 1777.

Sold in her estate sale, 2 April 1778, lot 176 (for 1200 livres).

Acquired from Symons Gallery, New York, 1950s.



Literature

J-D. Augarde, Les Ouvriers du Temps, Geneva, 1996, p. 13, fig. 2.



Exhibited

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Northern European Clocks in New York Collections, 1972, cat. 74.

New York, Frick Collection, French Clocks in North American Collections, 1982, cat. 60, pp. 62-3.



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.
Manufactur:Meissen Porcelain Factory
Applied technique:Pottery
Medium:Ceramic, Porcelain
Place of origin:Western Europe, Germany, Europe
Auction house category:All other types of objects, Clocks - Furnishings
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