ID 880562
Lot 33 | PENDULE LYRE D'ÉPOQUE LOUIS XVI
Estimate value
€ 20 000 – 40 000
SIGNATURE DE JOSEPH-SIMON COUSIN, DERNIER QUART DU XVIIIE SIÈCLE
En marbre blanc mouluré et ornementation de bronze ciselé et doré, le cadran émaillé signé COUSIN / Hger de MGNR CONTE DARTOIS inscrit dans une lyre, sommée d'un masque rayonnant, l'aiguille des heures en fleur de lys, sur une base ovale ceinte d'une frise de feuilles de laurier, sur quatre pieds toupis, reposant sur un socle en bois doré, avec un globe
H.: 54 cm. (21 1/4 in.) ; L.: 35 cm. (10 1/2 in.)
Joseph-Simon Cousin, reçu maître en 1778
Literature
Bibliographie comparative:
Tardy, La pendule française dans le monde, Paris, 1981, part.2, pp. 80 et 81.
H. Ottomeyer et P. Proeschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, t. 1, p. 252.
E. Niehüser, French bronze clocks, Atglen, 1999, pp. 258-259.
Special notice
This item will be transferred to an offsite warehouse after the sale. Please refer to department for information about storage charges and collection
details.
Post lot text
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED WHITE-MARBLE LYRE CLOCK SIGNED BY JOSEPH-SIMON COUSIN, LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
| Medium: | Marble, Stone |
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| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
| Medium: | Marble, Stone |
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| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
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