AN ITALIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED, PIETRA DURA, POLYCHROME-PAINTED, EBONY AND ROSEWOOD NIGHT TIMEPIECE CLOCK

Lot 108
23.10.2024 00:00UTC +01:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1309836
Lot 108 | AN ITALIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED, PIETRA DURA, POLYCHROME-PAINTED, EBONY AND ROSEWOOD NIGHT TIMEPIECE CLOCK
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 80 000
Of architectural form decorated with panels of jasper, amethyst, lapis lazuli, agate and other stones, surmounted by a winged angel flanked by putti, above an arch over a square section decorated with polychrome painted copper panel of heavenly putti baring a banner inscribed with ELEGIT. EAM. DEUS.ET.PRAE.ELEGIT the sides with pierced scrolls and term-headed tapering pilasters surrounding a rectangular door with tooled border around a central 111/2 x 9 in. dial painted with the Immaculate Conception after the altarpiece by Pietro da Cortona (1596-1669), above a long drawer, on a moulded inverted breakfront base; the later velvet-covered plinth conforming to the base, the movement with tic-tac escapement and large escape wheel, the barrel cover later cut and now leaving a partial signature 'Petru………68'
The clock: 551/2 in. (141 cm.) high; 271/2 in. (77 cm.) wide; 11 in. (28 cm.) deep
plinth: 373/4 in. (96 cm.) high; 31 in. (79 cm.) wide; 121/2 in. (32 cm.) deep
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